THE SOUND CHANGE IN SUNDANESE: PHONOLOGICAL STUDY ON JUJUN JUNAEDI’S SPEECH ENTITLED NIKAH

Abstract

The linguist has categorized Sundanese dialects to be some part of dialects. However, in the same dialect, Sundanese people do sound changes in their pronunciation. For that reason, this research was conducted to identify the sound change do by Sundanese people. In this research, the researchers use Jujun Junaedi’s Sundanese speech entitled “Nikah” as the object. To support this research, the researchers use theory by Campbell (2004) and apply descriptive qualitative as the research method. Based on theory by Campbell, assimilation and deletion are found as two types of sound change do by Jujun Junaedi. In assimilation, there are total contact progressive assimilation and partial contact progressive assimilation. While, vowel and syllable deletion are found in Jujun Junaedi’s speech as part of kind sound deleted; whereas, apheresis and apocope are found based on the position of the sound deleted.