<![CDATA[The contact of Arabic with the languages of the archipelago has resulted in a layer of absorption vocabulary that has undergone adjustment to the phonological system of the receiving language. This study aims to identify and explain sound changes in Arabic absorption candidates in Kaili based on Crowley's sound change theory. The study used a qualitative descriptive approach with data sources in the form of 44 Arab-Kaili absorption candidates containing the form of Kaili, Kaili science, Arabic etimony, Arabic science, meaning, and records of phonological and semantic processes. Analysis is carried out through the alignment of the source form and the receiver form, identification of segmental changes and syllable structure, then the grouping of the process into sound removal, sound addition, substitution or attenuation, degemination, shortening of long vowels, monophthongization, and syllable restructuring. The results showed that the most prominent adjustments included the omission of specific /?/, /?/, and /h/; substitution /q/ ? /k/, /?/ ? /h/, /?/ ? /s/, /s?/ ? /s/, /?/ ? /s/, and /f/ ? /p/; vowel epithesis to correct consonant groups; shortening of long vowels; moderation of geminate; and monophthongization of /aj/ ? /e/ and /aw/ ? /o/. Forms such as akala, hurupu, sukuru, kiama, seta, toba, and masigi show that adaptation takes place through a combination of several processes at once. The findings support the view that the nativization of absorption words is directed by phoneme inventories and phonotactic limitations of the recipient language. Data, whose etymological relationship is not yet transparent is maintained as tentative data so that the generalization of sound changes is not based on similarity in form or meaning alone.]]>
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