CHAPTER
III
DISCUSSION
A.
Vowel
Vowel
in Sunda language is quite different with English, Indonesian or Melayu vowel
because Sunda is independent language as I have told you before. In Sunda
language writting there are five pure vowel (a, é, i, o, u) and two netral vowel (e (pepet) dan eu (ɤ). And this is
the phonetic Alpabet in Sunda language.
DEPAN
|
TENGAH
|
BELAKANG
|
|
TERTUTUP
|
i:
|
u:
|
|
SETENGAH TERTUTUP
|
e
|
ə
|
o
|
SETENGAH TERBUKA
|
(ɛ)
|
ɤ
|
(ɔ)
|
TERBUKA
|
a
|
B.
Primary Cardinal Vowel in Sunda Language
Every language has different vowel,
the number of vowel and the position it self. so I will explain you first about
Primary Cardinal Vowel in Sunda
language.
Cardinal
vowel i: is defined as the vowel which
as close and front as it is possible to make a vowel without obstructing the
flow of air enough to produce friction noise; friction noise is the short of
hissing sound. Cardinal in the end is defined as the most open and back vowel
that it is possible to make but Sunda language does not have a phonetic Alpabet
in that area. Cardinal vowel u: is fully close and back. Cardinal vowel a is fully open and front.
C.
Long Vowel
Sunda
language only has two long vowel, which if you find it you must read it with
long duration. The long vowel are /i:/ dan /u:/. Vowel i: is more close and
front. The example in Sunda Language is Hanyir /Hañi:r/. beside that vowel u:
is not quite so back nor so close. The example for vowel u: is atuh /atu:h/.
D.
Short Vowel
We
can find seven short vowel in Sunda phonetic alpabet such as e, ə, o, ɔ, a, ɛ, eu. For the example:
e à coet /coét/ à ulekan
ə à Angger /Aŋgər/ à tetap
o à Tong /toŋ/ à jangan
ɔ à lolong /lolɔŋ/ à buka
a à abah /abah/ à ayah
ɛ à cengek /céŋɛʔ/ à cabai rawit
eu à ambeu /ambɤ/ à mencium bau
/e/ in
Sunda language is like sound /e/ in Indonesian language.
/ə/ in
Sunda language is like when you mention elang /əlaŋ/ in Indonesian language
/o/ in
Sunda language vowel /o/ or we called round /o/ is same as with another kind
such as tokoh.
/ɔ/ open o
same as before, the pronunciation is still same as another open o like toko in
Indonesian language.
/ ɛ/ you
must smile if you want to mention this one. Is like when you mention bebek /bebɛk/.
eu enter to
netral vowel because when you mention it, the /u/ in /eu/ will not hear clearly
and the sound is like there is pressure but the pressure is not like ɛ.
E.
Diphthong
There
is no diphthong is Sunda language. If you find words in Sunda language which
has two vowels consecutive, it can mention as vowel because does not situated
in one syllable. Such as:
/au/
in cau [ca-u] ‘pisang’ is not diphthong because is not in one syllable.
/ai/ in cai [ca-i] ‘air’ is
not diphthong because is not in one syllable.
/oe/ in poe [po-é] ‘hari’ is
not diphthong because is not in one syllable.
/eu/ in geulis [geɤlis] ‘cantik is not diphthong
because include in netral vowel.
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