The Comparison of Phonetic between Patani Dialect Malay and the Standard Malay

Abstract

The comparison of phonetics between Patani dialect Malay and the standard Malay aims 1) to compare phonology between Patani dialect and the standard Malay, and 2) to analyze the phonological variation of Patani dialect Malay. Phonological variation of local Malay language can be incurred by behavior, and it was likely in consequence of the nature of the body in utterance and perception of listening or from the physical aspect of sounds primarily. 400 word - lists were adopted as a research instrument. The collected results were selected for analysis of categorization and word variation in every aspect of data.

The research analysis reveals 25 phonemes of Patani dialect Malay which can be classified into 2 types. First, consonant sounds comprises of 19 phonemes which are /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /ʔ/, /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /ŋ/, /tʃ/,  /dʒ/, /f/, /s/, /h/, /l/, /w/, /j/ while 26 phonemes are found in consonant sound of standard Malay. Second, consonant sounds of Patani dialect Malay influenced by foreign language were consisted of 6 morphemes - /r/, /z/, /ð/, /ʃ/, /x/, /ɣ/ - whereas vowel sounds of Patani dialect found 9 morphemes which is of different with vowel sounds of standard Malay: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/. These 5 vowel sounds can be classified into 6 morphemes. Furthermore, there are no diphthongs in Patani-dialect Malay.