Comparison of Vocabulary Trilingual (Sundanese, Javanese, Malay) in Segaran Village Batujaya Sub-District Karawang Regency

Abstract

The aims of the research are to find out and define the trilingual vocabulary forms and patterns, vocabulary aspect trilingual, and comparative lexical structure of the trilingual. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive, and the study employed observation and interview as techniques of data collection. The instruments were data cards, questionnaires, and a list of questions. To analyze the data, contrastive analysis was employed and the similarities and differences between two or more languages could be analyzed. The findings showed 360 trilingual vocabulary were found in Segaran village (251 original word [kecap asal] and 109 same word [kecap sarua]). There were 12 aspects of tribahic vocabulary and four comparisons of the lexical structure of tribahic vocabulary were the same form and meaning (kecap sarua), similar form of meaning (sawanda), the same form of different meaning (homonim), and the form of different meanings of the synonym (sinonim). Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the comparison of the trilingual (Sundanese, Javanese, Malay) has the most vocabulary similarity, while the least comparison is the comparison of two lingual (Sundanese and Malay).