Languages in Contact : A Study of Arabic Loanwords in Malay/Indonesian Language

Abstract

This paper discusses the contact language between Malay and Arabic language. Objectives of the study are to look into the similarities etymology of the two countries national language. This paper will implement qualitative analysis which is based on discussions and comparison. The results of this study show that cultural contact especially the reach of Islam in Southeast Asia results in linguistic contact. Linguistic borrowing in most cases exhibits as a response to language borrowing. A number of motivations stand behind the phenomenon of borrowing. As a result of cultural and linguistic contact between Malay language as a lingua franca of the region in the early days and Arabic languages so many Arabic words absorbs into Malay languages.

Morpho-Phonological of Loanwords in Lampung Language From Arabic

“…In addition, the absorbing of language was occured due to the ease of reaching Southeast Asian countries where the majority of the population is Muslim. 15 Moreover, a research with the title "Utilising Arabic-origin Loanwords in Teaching Malay as a Foreign Language" written by Kazuhito Uni resulted that the teaching loanwords also indicate the usefulness of the explicit presentation of etymologies for Malay words with meanings similar to those of the original Arabic words but slightly different phonetic forms, such as pakat ("agreement") from [muwâfaqa] ("agreement"), adat ("custom") from ["a:da] ("custom; habit"), seluar ("trousers") from [sirwâl] ("trousers") and iklan ("advertisement") from [i"lân] ("announcement; advertisement"), because the recognition of such similarities can promote faster vocabulary learning. 16 Then the next type of sound change is the reduction of double consonants.…”