Free Morphemes with Single CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) Syllable in Acehnese and Indonesian Languages (A Contrastive Study)

Abstract

Acehnese and Indonesian are among the languages spoken in Indonesia. Both languages hail from the Austronesian family. Despite this shared origin, they exhibit distinct morphological characteristics as well as commonalities. This research seeks to describe monosyllabic free morphemes with a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) structure in both Acehnese and Indonesian, and to elucidate the meanings and word classes found in these languages. The study employs observational and note-taking methods, with data analysis conducted through a contrastive approach to compare the two languages. The findings reveal that there are 22 monosyllabic free morphemes in Indonesian and 41 in Acehnese. These morphemes include both standard and non-standard forms. The data also highlight instances of word truncation or abbreviations. In Acehnese, a free morpheme can have multiple meanings and belong to various word classes, whereas in Indonesian, a morpheme typically conveys a single meaning and belongs to a single word class.