JAVANESE KINSHIP WITH THE LANGUAGE OF LAMPUNG BASED DICTIONARY PRACTICAL JAVANESE-INDONESIA AND DICTIONARY LAMPUNG-INDONESIA

Abstract

This research was aimed to find out the relationship between Javanese language and Lampung language. The data which were used were 200 basic words based on Morris Swadesh’s theory. The sources of the data were Kamus Praktis Jawa-Indonesia written by Ardiwarsito, et al. in the year of 1985 and consisted of 348 pages, and Kamus Lampung-Indonesia written by Junaiyah, et al. in the year of 1985 and consisted of 313 pages. This research was a descriptive research which used the theory of Historical Comparative Linguistics. The data was collected through reading and noting. This research used triangulation theory to determine the validity and reliability stability to find out the reliabilities. The results of this research were in the forms of phoneme-correspondence and meaning, and the percentage of the relationship between the two languages. The percentage of the relationship between Javanese language and Lampung language were found out to be 74%. According to the results, it can be concluded that Javanese language and Lampung language were categorized as a language family.