THE LEXICON VARIATIONS OF RONGGA AND WAERANA LANGUAGE IN EAST MANGGARAI NUSA TENGGARA

Abstract

This research aims to describe the variations of the Rongga language in
East Manggarai, Nusa Tenggara. In this study, found the words in which
used by the Rongga community. They have differences and similarities in
speech, but Rongga language has the same meaning with Waerana
language. This occurrence because the location of the both areas is near
so that vocabulary appeared based on different areas in the field lexicon.
The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative
method and data collection methods using interviews with transcripts and
recording techniques. This research used the theory of dialectology to
describe the variation of Rongga and Waerana language. In this research,
found 35 variations of lexicons Rongga and Waerana words.there are 10
word verbs, 8 word adjectives, 10 words nouns, 7 words personal
pronouns. Therefore, it is very clear that geographical conditions and
social dialect factors effecting language variations that develop in each
region.