Comparative Study on Students’ Dialect of Batak Karo With Batak Toba In Speaking English

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This thesis deals with dialect Batak Karo and Batak Toba. In this study the objective is identify the
dialect differentiation between Batak Karo and Batak Toba when they are speaking in English and also
find out some similarities pronunciation between BATAK Karo and Batak Toba in speaking English.
This research is done through descriptive qualitative method and the data collected by observation and
record the student when they are do conversation in speaking English. Dialect is regionally and socially
distinctive variety of language, identified by a particular set of words and how to pronounce the word.
After the data were collected then the writer identifies, analyze and categories the words. The result
indicates that there are some differences phonological. Such as when vowel /a/ said by Batak Karo is /a/
and Batak Toba said /a/ become /e/ or /o/, and when Batak Toba said /e/ Batak Karo said /e/ become /i/.
When vowel /e/ in English, Batak karo said by /ə/ and Batak Toba said with strong /e/. Especially for
the consonant the different is in /v/ /p/ /f/. When Batak Karo people said /v/ Batak Toba will said /p/ and
Batak Toba Said /f/ Batak Karo will said /p/. It can be concluded that there are still

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