Description:
This research is about the phonological process which occurs in the forming of passive verbs in
bahasa Bakumpai. The theory applied in this research is generative phonology. The object of this
research is bahasa Bakumpai, one of the languages used by people in South and Central Borneo
who live by Barito River. The data collection was conducted by searching active and passive verbs
in bahasa Bakumpai dictionary and verified by a native speaker. Result of the research shows that
the prefix which becomes the passive marker is /i/ and when it is attached to stems begin with
consonants, there are insertions of consonants such as the [n], [m], [ng], and [ny] which are
categorized as allophones since they occur in complementary distribution in the environments.