Contrastive Onomatopoeia Analysis of Tegal Ngapak Language and Japanese Language

This research discusses the comparison of contrastive onomatopoeia between Tegal Ngapak and Japanese. The purpose of this research is to find out the differences of contrastive onomatopoeia between Tegal Ngapak and Japanese. This research used descriptive contrastive method. The data were collected through observation of two movies, namely the movie 'Survival Family' and the movie 'Turah'. Then, the data were analyzed by comparing the data. The results showed that there are similarities and differences in onomatopoeia between Tegal Ngapak and Japanese. The similarity is that both languages have onomatopoeia in the form of reduplication. Meanwhile, the difference is that Ngapak Tegal language has onomatopoeia of continuity, condition, and quantity. However, in Japanese only onomatopoeia that imitate sounds and conditions are found.