| Summary: | Native speakers of Ngaju Dayaknese nowadays have learned English,
especially those who live in urban area. These languages have similarities and
differences on Phonological system. These similarities and differences have
produced sound changing processes when the native speakers of Ngaju Dayaknese
pronounced sounds in English.
This research was aimed to describe the similarities and differences on the
Phonological system of Ngaju Dayaknese and English through contrastive
analysis, so that it would be obviously known why there were many processes
which happened on the pronunciation of English by the native speakers of Ngaju
Dayaknese. The researcher used recording and taking notes technique to collect
the data in the field.
The results of the research were the similarities and differences of vowel,
consonant, diphthong, triphthong, and cluster which were obtained from Ngaju
Dayaknese and English, and also the sound changing processes that occurred in
English pronunciation that were conducted by the native speakers of Ngaju
Dayaknese. Ngaju Dayaknese had 4 (four) vocals, 18 (eighteen) consonants, 5
(five) diphthongs, and 3 (three) clusters which were formed through
informalization process. English had 14 (fourteen) vocals, 24 (twenty four)
consonants, 8 (eight) diphthongs, 5 (five) triphthongs, and 15 (fifteen) cluster
patterns. The sound changing occurred in vowel, consonant, diphthong,
triphthong, dan cluster.
This research needs to be discussed further, especially on the contrast of
suprasegmental element. Every speaker has uniqueness on the pronunciation even
though they have required or learned a same language. Therefore, it is important
to not see only the sound changing generally but also exclusively on each
individual. These sounds changing may be regarded descriptively and
prescriptively according to its significance.
Keywords: Contrastive Analysis, Phonological System, Ngaju Dayaknese,
English, Sound Changing Processes
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