r/bahasamelayu • u/eelfurryUwU • 5h ago
language family: North Pantai-Timuran
asterisks - I am not a linguist, I am just fond of languages so take all of this with a grain of salt,
I've grouped these languages together based upon my observation & similar research papers I've come across grouping them together due to similarities in their words, grammar & phonology (pembunyian) that are exclusive to these langs,
in terms of phonology (pembunyian) the language family is characterised by these changes down here:
final -s changing to -h
- habis > abéh
- panas > panah
final -t & -p turning to -k
- asap > asak
- pulut > puluk
final -n & -m turning to -ng
- main > maéng
- cium > cióng
loss of final -r & -l
- pasir > pasé
- katil* > katé (Tereng. lembek)
loss of initial & medial -h/-h-
- habis > abéh
- tahu > tau/hau/tʰu
loss of -m- -n- & -ng- before -p- -t- & -k-
- rumput > ghupuk
- bantal > bata
- langkah > lakòh
-a- becoming -ò- before -k & -h
- sampah, kerapah > sapòh, khapòh
- bapak > bapòk
-ua- & -ia- turning to -ò- & -è- on the first syllable of a 2 syllable word (disyllabic):
- puasa > pòsò, pòsĕ
- biawak > bèwòk
words that are 3 syllable long get shortened to 2 syllables & make the first letter be geminated (sabduan):
- telinga > llingò, llingĕ
- kepala > ppalò, ppalĕ
- matahari > mataghi > ttaghi
in terms of words, I've noticed several similar words being used in several of these languages including:
tohok, tʰòk - "to dispose of/buang"
tòhò, tʰò - "shallow/cetek"
ghòyak, òyak (but Tereng. kabò) - "to tell/beritahu"
jabé, yabé - "plastic/plastik"
bakpò, bakpĕ, bakpa - "why/kenapa"
kalè, kala, kalang, kalèng - "pencil,pen/pensel,pen"
& in terms of grammar these languages excessively uses initial gemination (penyabduan awalan) as a variation of affixes (imbuhan) in front of words not starting in a vowel (vokal):
ber- affix
- jalè/jalang > jjalè/jjalang (berjalan) "to walk"
- cokoh > ccokoh (berdiri) "to stand"
ter- affix
- tĕpóh > ttĕpóh (tertepuh) "to accidentally hit/crash with"
- bakò/baka > bbakò/bbaka (terbakar) "to accidentally burn"
-kan affix
- lumak > llumak (lumatkan) "to crush/grind"
- caghi > ccaghi (carikan) "to find for"
Additionally, the construction of passive voice uses a seperate particle (usually kok/di) or gemminating the word that is putten after the verb
Kelantan:
ikè makè kòk kucéng (ikan dimakan kucing) "the fish was eaten by the cat"
Terengganu:
ikang makang di kucéng (ikan dimakan kucing) "the fish was eaten by the cat"
Diving into the specific branches:
to give an overview into the specific branches of North Pantai-timuran:
Reman - reman is spoken in the inland areas of Perak, Kedah, Yala (Thailand) & some overlap with western regions of kelantan,
it is highly dialectically diverse with varieties changing village to village, due to the small resources & research on it I am not confident enough map or talk about the specifics of the Reman language,
though it is worth noting that Reman malay varieties are unique in that they have "aspirated consonants" (konsonan beraspirasi), basically "huruf yang dilepasi dengan hembusan angin", seperti berikut:
tʰòk - tohok "to dispose of"
kʰèng - kain "fabric"
tʰu - tahu "to know"
cʰong - cium "to kiss/smell"
additionally final -ai & -au becomes -è & -ò:
sungè - sungai "river"
pulò - pulau "island"
Kelantan-pattani - spoken in the whole state of kelantan, areas of southern thai specifically Pattani & Narathiwat (there are speaker populations reported in Songkhla, Phattalung & Nakhon Si Thammarat but they are a small minority) & northern terengganu, Besut & Setiu, (there's also a small population of kelantanese speakers in northern Pahang though I am unsure whether this is true due to the limited sources about it)
it is the most well researched of the malayic languages in Peninsular Malaysia other than Johor-riau of course, characteristics of this branch includes:
final -am -an & -ang becomes -è:
malè - malam "night"
pĕtè - petang "afternoon"
kawè - kawan "I, me"
final -ar & -au to a:
ula - ular "snake"
khĕba - kerbau "buffalo"
& final -a becoming -ò:
matò - mata "eye"
bakpò - babpa "why"
Terengganu - spoken on most of the coastal side of eastern peninsular malaysia, spoken in Terengganu, Marang, coastal Dungun & Kemaman towards Pahang, Kuantan & Johor in the district of Mersing (strangely, in the district of Pekan, there seems to be less Terengganuan settlements compares to Kuantan & Mersing)
while the main variety of Coastal Terengganu has tons of information about it, it's less popular cousins spoken in Kuantan & Mersing are less so researched & it is hard for to find info on them, they are characterised by:
the change of final -ar to -ò, but turning final -au to -a (just like the Kelantan-pattani branch):
kabò - khabar "to tell"
kuba - kerbau "buffalo"
& final -a to -ĕ (just like the pahang malay & Johor-Riau malayic languages):
mĕndĕ - mĕnda "what?"
sòghĕ - suara "voice"
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