Kekerabatan Bahasa Melayu Langkat, Melayu Makasar, Melayu Riau, dan Sakai

The study of “The Kinship of Melayu Langkat, Melayu Makasar, Melayu Riau, and Sakai Language” aims to describe the kinship plot and percentage within Melayu Langkat, Melayu Makasar, Melayu Riau, and Sakai language. The method in this study is the referential identity method. Also, the writer uses the note-taking method as the data collection. There are 250 vocabularies used as the data which is collected through compared regional language dictionary. The data are analyzed by using language collection method with calculating the vocabulary similarity of compared languages as the technique. As result, there are 187 pairs betwen Melayu Langkat and Melayu Riau. Meanwhile, between Melayu Langkat and Melayu Makasar there are 177 pairs of appearance. Also, there are 159 pairs between Melayu Makasar and Melayu Riau. While between Melayu Langkat and Sakai there are 157 pairs, and 156 pairs between Melayu Makasar and Sakai language are, as for the kinship between Melayu Riau and Sakai there are 149 pairs. The percentage of the kinship between Melayu Langkat and Melayu Riau is 76%, Melayu Langkat and Melayu Makasar is 72%, Melayu Makasar and Melayu Riau is 65%, Melayu Langkat and Sakai is 64%, Melayu Makasar and Sakai is 63%, also between Melayu Riau and Sakai is 61%. All four compared languages are classified as family category. Keywords: kinship; Melayu Langkat; Melayu Makasar; Melayu Riau;Sakai