Reduplication Comparison of Indonesian and Asli Rawa Language

This paper will describe and compare the reduplication form between Indonesian and Asli Rawa language using theory revealed by Ramlan. Data in this paper are reduplication of Indonesian and Asli Rawa language. Indonesian reduplication data was obtained from Gadis Pantai novel by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, while the Asli Rawa reduplication data was obtained from five native speakers of Asli Rawa language who had fulfilled the requirements as informants. Data was collected by using techniques of tract, interview, heeding, recording and taking note. Based on the research that has been carried out, 1026 Indonesian reduplication data, with 677 full reduplication, 217 partial reduplication, 107 of reduplication which was combined by placing affix, and 25 of reduplication with change of phoneme. Whereas in the Asli Rawa language found 130 reduplication, with 57 full reduplication, 57 partial reduplication, 10 of reduplication which was combined by placing affix, and 5 of reduplication with change of phoneme. The research results show that between Indonesian and Asli Rawa languages both have four reduplications. But, Asli Rawa language had syllable repetition (partial repetition) in complex words form, whereas in Indonesian, it had partial repetition which just repeat the syllable in complex word form that was not found. Keyword—reduplication, comparison, indonesians, Asli Rawa