, , , , , , dan ; dan 4 digraf konsonan: , , dan . Grafem tersebut direkayasa berdasarkan pertimbangan faktor nonlinguistik untuk memudahkan penutur menggunakannya dalam penulisan.
ABSTRACTThe purpose of the research was to find phonemes of Kerinci language variety of Seleman village to recommend the design of its graphemes. This phonological study focused on getting phonemes from the minimal pairs in language sounds produced by native speakers of Kerinci language variety of Seleman village. Graphemes were designed based on the phonemes and used the alphabetical writing system. The research used field study method and utilized direct and indirect interview techniques in getting the data. The source of data was the language sounds produced by native speakers of Kerinci language variety of Seleman village. The data were taken from 200 Swadesh and 100 Keraf words list. The informant was a woman, a native speaker of Kerinci language variety of Seleman village. The results showed that Kerinci language variety of Seleman village had 8 vowel phonemes: /i/, /e/, /ɛ/, /a/, /ə/, /ɔ/, /o/, and /u/; 2 long vowel phonemes: /eː/ and / ː/; 4 diphthong phonemes: /ew/, /aj/, /aw/, and /oj/; and 21 consonant phonemes: /p/, /b/, /m/, /mᵖ˺/, /w/, /t/, /d/, /n/, /nᵗ˺/, /r/, /s/, /l/, /c/, /ɟ/, /ɲ/, /j/, /k/, /ɡ/ /ŋ/ /Ɂ/, and /h/. Based on the designing graphemes‟ results, there were 5 vowel graphemes: , , , , and ; 2 diacritic vowel graphemes: /e`/ and /o`/; 10 vowel digraphs: , , , , , , , , , dan ; 3 diacritic vowel digraphs: , , dan ; 16 consonant graphemes: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and ; and 4 consonant digraphs: , , , and . The graphemes were designed based on considerations of non-linguistic factors in order to make them easier to use in the written form.