Research Article
Inheritance of Austronesian Proto to Languages in Wakatobi: A Diachronic Linguistic Study
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296214, author={Ansor Putra and Nurjannah Nurjannah and Lilik Rita Lindayani and Rahmawati Rahmawati and Sahur Saerudin}, title={Inheritance of Austronesian Proto to Languages in Wakatobi: A Diachronic Linguistic Study}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Languare, Literature, Culture and Education, ISLLCE, 15-16 November 2019, Kendari, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ISLLCE}, year={2020}, month={6}, keywords={austronesian proto diachronic linguistics languages wakatobi}, doi={10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296214} }- Ansor Putra
Nurjannah Nurjannah
Lilik Rita Lindayani
Rahmawati Rahmawati
Sahur Saerudin
Year: 2020
Inheritance of Austronesian Proto to Languages in Wakatobi: A Diachronic Linguistic Study
ISLLCE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296214
Abstract
Wakatobi is an acronym for the names of four islands in Southeast Sulawesi, namely Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko Islands. The language spoken by the people who live in the area is the Wakatobi language. The evidence regarding the classification of Wakatobi as a language in the Austronesian family needs to be elaborated. Therefore, this research is very important. This research is a qualitative research which is studied diachronically by using a top-down reconstruction. This approach is intended to see the inheritance of the Austronesian Proto to the languages in the Wakatobi Archipelago. Based on the results of data analysis, it is found that the inheritance of Austronesian Proto etymon to the languages in Wakatobi was in the form of retention and some were experiencing innovation. Forms that experience retention include ana> ana; ama> ama; * ina> ina; kutu> kutu; mata> mata. The forms that experience innovation are laŋit> laŋet; bulu> wulu; isa> asa, qenay> one. It can be concluded that the inheritance of the PAN phoneme in languages in Wakatobi can be in the form of innovation and retention.
