The Language Family Relation of Local Languages in Gorontalo Province (A Lexicostatistic Study)

Abstract

<p>This study aims to find out the relation of language family and glottochronology of Gorontalo language and Atinggola language in Gorontalo Province. The research employed a comparative method, and the research instrument used a list of 200 basic Morris Swadesh vocabularies. The data source was from documents or gloss translation of 200 basic vocabularies and interview of two informants (speakers) of Gorontalo and Atinggola languages. Data analysis was done by using the lexicostatistic technique. The following indicators were used to determine the word family: (a) identical pairs, (b) the word pairs have phonemic correspondences, (c) phonetic similarities, and (d) a different phoneme. The results of data analysis reveal that there are 109 or 55.05% word pairs of the word family out of 200 basic vocabularies of Swadesh. The results of this study also show that the glottochronology of Gorontalo language and Atinggola language are (a) Gorontalo and Atinggola languages are one single language at 1.377 + 122 years ago, (b) Gorontalo and Atinggola languages are one single language at 1,449 - 1,255 years ago. This study concludes that (a) the relation of the kinship of these two languages is in the family group, (b) glottochronology (separation time between Gorontalo language and Atinggola language is between 1.4 to 1.2 thousand years ago or in the 12<sup>th</sup> – 14<sup>th </sup>century.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: relation, kinship level, local language, Gorontalo Province, lexicostatistics study</p>

Lexicostatistics of Malay and Malagasy Languages: Comparative Historical Linguistic Study

“…Based on these findings, it was also discovered that the Malay language (Indonesian), along with the Bugis language, split out from their parent language 414 years ago. Last but not least, Ntelu (2017) exposed that The findings of this study further demonstrate that the glottochronology of the Gorontalo and Atinggola languages is as follows: (a) at 1.377 + 122 years ago, Gorontalo and Atinggola languages were one single language; (b) at 1.449 -1.255 years ago. The study's findings are (a) that these two languages are related through kinship and (b) that the separation of the Gorontalo and Atinggola languages occurred between 1.4 and 1.2 thousand years ago, or in the 12th to 14th century.…”