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Studies on the contrastive analysis of onomatopoeia in Indonesian and Javanese remain limited, particularly in terms of the diversity of referents. Previous research (Anjaswati, 2015) indicates that Javanese onomatopoeia has expanded to encompass referents related to sound, smell, shape, movement, taste, appearance, and manner. However, whether a similar pattern occurs in Indonesian remains unknown. This study aims to classify and compare the patterns of referents in onomatopoeia in Indonesian and Javanese. The data consist of 15 Indonesian and 15 Javanese onomatopoeic forms collected from written sources. Analysis was conducted using the agih (distributional) method with seven referent categories. The Indonesian onomatopoeic forms in the data were found to refer only to sound and motion, whereas the Javanese onomatopoeic forms exhibited a broader diversity of referents, covering all six other categories. Several lexemes in both languages also exhibited dual referents. The findings suggest a higher complexity in the development of Javanese onomatopoeia and provide a basis for further research on the cultural, cognitive, and linguistic factors underlying these differences.

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Onomatopoeia Javanese language Indonesian language Contrastive linguistics

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TYPES OF ONOMATOPOEIC REFERENCES IN INDONESIAN AND JAVANESE: A CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTIC STUDY. (2026). Journal of Indonesian Language, Culture & Literary Innovation, 1(1), 33-41. https://jurnal.educatech.id/index.php/jilcli/article/view/33 (Original work published 2025)

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TYPES OF ONOMATOPOEIC REFERENCES IN INDONESIAN AND JAVANESE: A CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTIC STUDY. (2026). Journal of Indonesian Language, Culture & Literary Innovation, 1(1), 33-41. https://jurnal.educatech.id/index.php/jilcli/article/view/33 (Original work published 2025)

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