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Abstract

This study was conducted to identify and describe the kinds of assimilation in Amanatun Dialect of Uab Meto. Descriptive qualitative was used in conducting the study. The data were collected from Uab Meto native speaker's speech transcription and analyzed using category identification and integration. The results of this study indicates that there are ten kinds of assimilation in Amanatun dialect of Uab Meto which are grouped into five classifiers. Phonological assimilation and morphophonemic assimilation are grouped into assimilation based on form, regressive assimilation and progressive assimilation are grouped into assimilation based on direction, contact assimilation and distance assimilation are grouped into assimilation based on distance, assimilation in word and assimilation at word boundary are grouped into assimilation based on position, and consonant assimilation and vowel-consonant assimilation are grouped into assimilation based on inventory of sound. Since the current study focuses on classifying the types of assimilation in Uab Meto and their occurences, it is recommended that the further study may concerns on each type of assimilation of Amanatun dialect of Uab Meto for deeper investigation.