Sebuah Penelitian Fonologis Tentang Gugus Konsonan dalam Dialek Rajong Bahasa Manggarai
ABSTRACT This research is about an analysis of consonant clusters in Rajong dialect of Manggarai language. It was conducted in order to answer the following questions. (1) What kinds of consonant clusters that found I Rajong dialect of Manggarai language? (2) What types of place and manner of articulation that found in Rajong dialect of Manggarai language? While, the objectives of this research are: (1) to find out the kinds of consonant clusters in Rajong dialect of Manggarai language. (2) To identify the manner and place of articulation that found in Rajong dialect of Manggarai language. Descriptive qualitative method is used in this research. The data was taken by record the storytelling from the informants. The result of this research showed that there are six consonant clusters of Rajong dialect of Manggarai language. They are: /nd/, /mb/, /gh/, /ŋg/, /pr/ and /kr/. There are six consonant clusters that occur in initial position, namely: /nd/, /mb/, /gh/, /ŋg/, /pr/ and /kr/. While, in medial position consist of four consonant clusters, nmaely: /nd/, /mb/, /ŋg/ and /gh/. This study is particularly about the consonant clusters of Rajong dialect of Manggarai language. So the author would like to suggest for the next researcher to do another research in consonant clusters at another aspects which not discussed yet in this study. Key words: Consonant Cluster, Rajong Dialect.