VARIATIONS IN THE PRONUNCIATION OF [ɸƜ] IN SUNDANESE SPEAKERS

Abstract

This study aims to find out the variation of Japanese [ɸɯ] sound pronunciation when pronounced by speakers with Sundanese background. The theory that the author uses to find out the answer to the problem formulation is the theory of acoustic phonetics and articulatory phonetics. This study used a qualitative descriptive research method. The respondents of this study are Sundanese speakers divided into two parts, namely 3 men and 3 women. The results of this research are Sundanese speakers have 4 variations when pronouncing the sound [ɸɯ], namely Bilabial Fricative sound with Imperforate vowel [ɸɯ], Bilabial Fricative sound with Round vowel [fu], Bilabial Plosive sound with Round vowel [pu], Bilabial Fricative sound with Unrounded vowel [fɯ], and Bilabial Fricative sound with Unrounded vowel [ɸu]. Bilabial Plosive sound variation [pu] occurs in Sundanese speakers who have basic ability, Bilabial Fricative sound variation [ɸu], [fu], [fɯ] occurs in Sundanese speakers who have intermediate ability, Sound variation [ɸɯ] occurs in Sundanese speakers who have advanced ability