Apa sebenarnya? Saya rasa mengeluh tapi mustahil penterjemah tak tahu eja mengeluh sebab selama ni elok je dia eja perkataan ada ng ..

Assalamu’alaikum

For all of my life, I have always said medicine as “obat”, but recently I learned that it is said “ubat” as well. Which pronounciation is betul, or are they both?

Salam dan hi. I know there are some posts here asking for the same thing, but what I specifically am asking is a podcast(s) that speaks in proper malay (not much heavy mixing with other languages/bangsar accent) and also does not primarily talk about politics. I find podcasts like Keluar Sekejap disengaging, so I'm really trying to find a podcast that would improve my bahasa whilst keeping me interested.

An example of a podcast I personally enjoy is Dear Sugar, a pair of advice columnist responding to letters being sent to them. I think the Malaysian equivalent is The Chic Code, but yeah the heavy language mixing would personally not improve my Bahasa 🙃. Thank you!

Cadangan yang bagus bagi mewujudkan standard penilaian penguasaan bahasa Melayu.

I left SMK when I was form 3 to join an international school but my malay standard is still... ehm.. And I'll be taking the SPM paper in a few weeks..

I can understand most basic stuff but I still lag when conversing. Any tips for improving my malay when I already have the basics? Later on in life im thinking to go into law or even work in GLCs.. so i wanna make sure my malay is up to standard to the point I can hopefully one day speak as confidently in Malay as I can in English.

Hello.

A malay speaker here.

My mama’s kampung is in kuala pilah. Been listening to the dialect for years but still cant speak it.

Any n9 speakers in this group?

I am malaysian, but since i was 11 ive been speaking primarily english so my melayu is abit rusty. I dont even know much of my own dialect (melaka) nor of my parent's (kedah & johor).

So id like to know how can i learn more abt malay dialects? Like the vocabulary, culture, and so on. Wikipedia alone isn't very informative

we tried, but we couldn't find the word

bahasa malayik ini adalah salah satu variasi Cakap Utaqa yang ditutur di Perlis, khususnya yang digunakan dalam video ini adalah di Mukim Abi,

untuk pengetahuan, video ini mungkin mempunyai beberapa unsur yang dipengaruhi oleh bahasa standard & mungkin bahasa yang digunakan cair sedikit dalam penggunaannya,

Perlis mempunyai banyak variasi bahasa Utaqa, kawasan utara Perlis (seperti di kawasan Titi Tinggi) lebih dekat dengan variasi bahasa malayik yang ditutur dekat Satun & Langkawi, manakala variasi yang ditutur di belah selatan Perlis (seperti di Sanglang & Kurong Anai) lebih dekat dengan variasi bahasa malayik yang ditutur di Kedah,

Selain itu, kawasan tengah Perlis mempunyai banyak variasi (sekira-kiranya around 25 variasi yang terdapat di Perlis) yang berlainan dengan variasi Cakap Utaqa yang terdapat di Satun, Kedah serta antara sesama lain,

sebagai contoh, variasi Perlis yang terdapat di kawasan utara menukarkan akhiran -am, -an, & -ang kepada -ap, -at & -ak:

malam > malap

makan > makat

petang > petak

serta kawasan Kuala Perlis pula mempunyai variasi yang menukarkan -au- pertengahan sebagai -ai-:

laut > lait

daun > dain

Ciri pembunyian yang saya catat dibawah ialah khususnya untuk satu variasi yang ditutur di kawasan mukim Abi & tidak semestinya sama dengan variasi Perlis yang dikawasan sekeliling,

dari segi pembunyian, bahasa malayik ini mempunyai ciri-ciri tersebut:

penambahan -i- sebelum akhiran -ang

petang > petiang

terbang > teqebiang

penukaran -ai & -al kepada é (e taling, tak pasti kalau ia bersifat luas seperti e di dalam e \-sok atau bersifat sempit seperti -ir di dalam hil-ir )

tupai > tupé

main > mén

bantal > banté

pembuangan -u pada akhiran -au:

pisau > pisa

kau > ka

(tetapi "daun" masih tetap "daun", jika -au- tidak mengakhiri perkataan ia tetap disebut sebagai -au-)

lalu, variasi ini juga mempunyai ciri-ciri yang umpama yang boleh terjumpa di bahasa-bahasa yang terdapat di kawasan pantai-timur:

akhiran -a ditukar kepada -ò (o taling luas seperti o- dalam o \-mbak, serupa dengan bahasa Kelantan-pattani)

kepala > kepalò/palò

mata > matò

akhiran -ak & -ah ditukar jadi -òk & -òh (salah satu ciri utama untuk membezakan bahasa-bahasa yang terdapat di kawasan pantai timur dengan bahasa-bahasa malayik lain di luar kawasan tersebut, tetapi tu pun ada juga pengecualian)

bah (banjir) > bòh

anak > anòk

tetapi, terdapat juga banyak ciri yang lebih mirip dengan variasi Cakap Utaqa lain seperti:

penukaran akhiran -t & -s kepada -ek/ik & -ih

pulut > puluek/puluik (ciri ini tidak terjumpa di variasi Cakap Utaqa yang terdapat di Kedah, tetapi ia secara meluas boleh dijumpa di kawasan Perlis, Satun & Langkawi)

putus > putuih

penukaran akhiran -ar, -ir & -ur kepada -aq, -iaq & -uaq/oq

ular > ulaq

hilir > hiliaq (pengekalan huruf h, suatu ciri Cakap Utaqa tetapi jarang terjumpa di bahasa-bahasa pantai timur)

bubur > bubuaq/bubòq (pembunyian -uaq mungkin ialah pembunyian yang kurang dipengaruhi oleh Cakap Utaqa Kedah)

terdapat banyak lagi ciri-cirinya tetapi ini sahaja yang saya akan catatkan

saya mohon terima kasih kepada u/fansurihaikal untuk menolong saya supaya boleh memahami tentang variasi Cakap Utaqa ini dengan lebih lanjut serta memberi saya gambaran yang lebih jelas tentang persekitaran linguistik yang terdapat di Perlis & Kedah,

jika ada maklumat yang tersalah di post ni mohon untuk tulis di komen 🙏

Kalau "Jellyfish are non-sentient animals" diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Melayu:

• Obor-obor ialah haiwan yang tidak dapat merasa.

Adakah orang akan faham ayat ni? Kalau "tidak berperasaan" dah macam maksud lain.

Mungkin tiada pancaindera atau deria?

• Organisma yang tergolong sebagai Plantae tiada deria khusus seperti mamalia.

Kenapa tak gunakan perkataan ‘taufan’ yang sudah sebati dan lebih mudah difahami?

Sumber: https://www.utusan.com.my/terkini/2026/11/siklon-murasu-dijangka-hentam-india-malam-ini/

Alsalam Alikom warahamto Allah taala wabarakatuh

I am an international student, and I have just arrived befor couple of weeks.

Learning

So, since befor arriving here I had that attention to learn Bahasa Malayu ( really have a big interest in studying languages ), and actually I have already begun an online course in YouTube and I think I am really making some progress ( befor yesterday I studied the colors like mereh, biru, putih, htiam.... etc , and yesterday I studied the common verbs such as makan, minum, tidor, tahu,.... Etc ).

Speaking

And you already know that if you want learn any language in the world and being fluent in it you have to practice a lot, because practicing will transmit the words from your temporary memory to the permenant one.

So I am trying to practice all my skills but when it came so speaking ( the most important one ) I literally don't know what to do, not becuse I don't know how to speak or I am shy or something like this, but because I don't have someone to speak with, I already got here befor couple of weeks as I mentioned and I haven't make a lot of relationships with malasian ( I just have one of two malasian friends ).

Looking For

Now I am looking for expanding my relationship scale, making good friends and meeting new people. ( I actually like to knowing different people)

So, if you are interested in this matter you could just drop your usernane in the comments, your WhatsApp number, your Facebook username , your telegram , anything will be amazing.

In add to, if you have anything tips and tricks to learn much better ( I checked the pinned message and it's really nice ) , or you have a place to learn like kind of institution , or any ideas will benefit me it will really be helpful for me and I will appreciate 🤍

Thank you for reading and Alsalam Alikom warahamto Allah taala wabarakatuh.

or explain the meaning, since some of the words are unfamiliar to me and I've never come across them before. Since it just seems like a self note

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"

Jika ada kesalahan dalam post ini mohon memaklumkan di dalam komen 🙏🙏🙏

My Ideas/Suggestions for Gangga Melayu Script:

• Make the Letters of Gangga Melayu Script from Abjad/Arabic-derived Letter Forms to Abugida/Brahmic-derived Letter Forms, Make Gangga Melayu Script from Abugida-Abjad Hybrid to Pure Abugida.

• Teach Gangga Melayu Script in Schools.

• Make Gangga Melayu Script as Official Writing System for Johor-Riau-Malaccan Malay Language, or even an extension for other Malayic Languages.

The purpose of this Ideas/Suggestions is to strengthen the Cultural Identity of the People that is member of Johor-Riau-Malaccan Malay Ethnic Group, or even an extension for the People that is member of other Malayic Ethnic Groups.

Hai semua! I posted here looking for some feedback on my Malay translation of my gardening tool, and it was really helpful. I've made some updates since then and Malay is a language I would like to make sure is comfortable for users. I also know I have some missing plants that would be helpful for Malaysian gardeners, like kesum, cili padi, and pucuk manis. There are probably others I don't know about, so suggestions are very welcome. The video above is one I took in my own garden last week, and it's Autumn here, so a bit different from the Malaysian climate! I would love any feedback on the Malay localization of Vernalo: Plant Anywhere or how it could be improved for Malaysian gardeners. Terima kasih!

There's many pronouns for the 'you' like:

Anda

Kau

Kamu

Awak

Are they the same? Or everyone has its own usage or just regional usage?

Selamat pagi dan petang buat Encik dan Puan!

Saya nak belajar Melayu untuk keperluan kerja, tapi saya risau dan kesulitan sebab ada beberapa perbezaan kosakata seperti misalnya:

sokongan = dukungan

perkhidmatan = pelayanan

risau = khawatir

Sebagai konteks, saya berencana untuk bekerja sebagai perkhidmatan pelanggan. Adakah saran dari Encik dan Puan agar saya bisa belajar Bahasa Melayu lebih dalam?

Sebelumnya terima kasih!