FONEMIK BAHASA DAYAK MALI

Abstract

The Mali Dayak community resides in Balai-Batang Tarang Sub-district and a small part resides in Tayan Hilir District, Sanggau District. They have the same ethnic communication  language, the Mali Dayak language. As of 2008 the number of Malian Dayak speakers was  estimated at 6,963 people (Bamba, 2008). Languages with fewer than 10,000 speakers are  classified as endangered (Crystal, 2000). If there is no attempt to maintain this Mali Dayak  language, over time, this language is heading for extinction. Therefore, even the slightest
effort to preserve this language needs to be done. This study discusses the main problems  regarding the Dayak Mali phonemic, namely the determination of phonemes, allophones,  phoneme distribution, phoneme groups (cluster), phoneme sequences, and syllables of the  Dayak Mali language which are based on structural theory. The results of this study indicate  the phonemes of the Dayak Mali language, namely vowel, diphthong, consonant, and  semivocal phonemes. Based on its distribution, a phonemic allophon is apparent. The
phonemic sequence also shows the environment of mutual influence and shows the  symmetrical features of the phonemes found in the Dayak language of Mali. Similarly, the  consonant group, the situation is answered through this research. The last problem examined  is the syllables. The syllable structure contained in the Mali Dayak language is also  described.