Electronic Theses and Dissertation

A sound system which is also called as phonetics is an inventory of items in a language that can represent one of the two elements of the structure C (consonant) or the structure V (vowel). The objectives of this study are to provide a clear description of the Acehnese sound system and to compare the sound system with the English sound system in order to find out the similarities and differences between them. The samples of this study arc eight native speakers of Acehnese Pidie dialect who domicile in Kecamatan Meurcudu and Meurah Dua. The result of this study showed that Acehnese sound system consists of twenty- three single consonants, twenty-four consonant clusters, seventeen single vowels,and seventeen diphthongs. The Acehnese sounds which are correspondence to
English sounds are the single consonants [p b k g m n I) h w j], the consonant clusters [br dr gr kr pr tr bl gl kl pI]. the single vowels [i c ) u /\ a], and the diphthongs [io uo co );} ai ai]. The Acehnesc sounds which are partial correspondence to those of English are the consonants [t d ) 7 s r). The Acehnese sounds which are not correspondence to those of English are the single consonants
[c fl. the clusters [bh ch dh gh jh kh lh ph rh th cr fT kr cl fl], the oral and nasal vowels [w 0 e a i w G A E 5 al, and the diphthongs [uio /\'J 10 W::lu'J Ed 'Ji /\1 ui oi )i ail

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