Contrastive analysis in English and Melayu in diphthong sound

This study deals with the Contrastive Analysis of English and Melayu in Diphthong sounds in the film “hidupku, solatku, matiku”. In order to bring this study into its purpose, the researcher identified two research problem, those are the similarities of English and Melayu in diphthong sounds in the film “hidupku, solatku, matiku” and the dissimilarities of English and Melayu in diphthong sounds in the film “hidupku, solatku, matiku”. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method and was taken place in the library of UMSU. The data was collected by reading some English and Melayu grammar books, especially about diphthong and the data from internet to complete this research. The data classified into it ways of classification based on the types was found the similarities and dissimilarities of English and Melayu in diphthong sounds in the film “hidupku, solatku, matiku”. It was found that many the similarities and dissimilarities of English and Melayu In diphthong sounds in the film “hidupku, solatku, matiku”. Like article, contrastive analysis, glide in a diphthong, syllabicity of diphthongs, direction and nature of the glide, English diphthong and Melayu diphthong, the similarities and dissimilarities of English and Melayu in diphthong sounds in the film “hidupku, solatku, matik