This article is based on a research study focussing on correspondence among Proto Malay Polynesian (PMP, for short), the Yogyakarta Javanese dialect, and Indonesian. The research employed a top-down reconstruction analysis. The results of the analysis have indicated that PMP is reflected in the Yogyakarta Javanese dialect with the retention of the vowels/a/, /i/, /u/, and /e/ and the consona…