PHONOTACTIC FEATURES OF THE INDONESIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article deals with the main phonotactic features of the Indonesian language. Here is revealed
the Indonesian syllable types and structure, positional and combinatorial rules of the phonemes,
allophonic rules in Indonesian, and explored such phonetic phenomena of the phonotactic and morphonotactic levels as epenthesis and dieresis, caused by the restrictions imposed on the use of phonemes in one or another position and combination, on the vowel combination (hiatus) in the structure
of the word and consonant combination (cluster) in the structure of syllable, especially in the initial
and final syllable(s) of the word (or morphemes), as well as changes occurring in the structure of the
syllable, morpheme, and word as a result of these phenomena.
It is established that the restrictions imposed on the phonological structure of the word (morpheme) mainly depend on the anlaut and auslaut of the word (morpheme), the ability/inability of a
particular phoneme to be used in a certain position, as well as the combinatorial possibilities of
phonemes.