Phonological Evidences Which Separate and Unite Mamboro Language From Proto Wanokaka-Anakalang in Sumba Group of Languages

Abstract

This article describes the separating and uniting phonological evidences of Proto Wanokaka-Anakalang (PWn-An) and Mamboro language (Mb) reflected from the phonological changes of the Proto Mamboro-Wanokaka-Anakalang (PMb-WnAn) phonemes. The description is based on the types of phonological changes suggested by Jeffers and Lehiste (1979). This article shows that the three phonemes of PMb-Wn-$Q ZHUH IRXQG μretention¶ LQ 3:Q-$Q EXW XQGHUZHQW μsplit¶ LQ 0E DQG RQH SKRQHPH XQGHUZHQW μmonophthongizatLRQ¶. One phoneme of PMb-Wn-An underwenW μVXEVWLWXWLRQ¶ in PWn-An, but μretention¶ LQ 0E 2QH SKRQHPH RI 30E-Wn-$Q ZDV IRXQG μsplit¶ LQ 3:Q-$Q EXW μUHWHQWLRQ¶ in Mb. Whereas, the uniting evidences show that three PMb-Wn-$Q SKRQHPHV ZHUH IRXQG μUHWHQWLRQ¶ both in PWn-An and Mb. One phoneme of PMbWn-$Q XQGHUZHQW μVSOLW¶ both in PWn-An as well as in Mb.