Kedahan Malay

E504943
Malay dialect regional language variety

Kedahan Malay is a regional variety of the Malay language spoken primarily in the Malaysian state of Kedah and surrounding areas, distinguished by its own phonological, lexical, and orthographic features.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kedah Malay 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Malay dialect ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kelantan-Pattani Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perak Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bahasa Kedah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kedah Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loghat Kedah ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Kedahan folk tales ⓘ
Kedahan oral literature ⓘ
Kedahan traditional songs ⓘ
hasDialect Alor Setar variety ⓘ
Langkawi variety ⓘ
Perlis variety ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Arabic ⓘ
loanwords from Thai ⓘ
unique regional vocabulary not found in Standard Malay ⓘ
hasOrthographicFeature regional spelling conventions in Jawi ⓘ
regional spelling conventions in Rumi ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct intonation patterns ⓘ
distinct vowel realizations compared to Standard Malay ⓘ
reduction of final syllables in some words ⓘ
historicalDevelopment developed from classical Malay varieties in the northern Malay Peninsula ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Penang Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standard Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639Status doesNotHaveSeparateISO639Code ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Malayic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticRegister primarily colloquial ⓘ
partOf Malay language continuum ⓘ
region northwestern Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
spokenIn Kedah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Langkawi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perlis NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Thailand border areas ⓘ
standardLanguage Standard Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Austronesian language variety ⓘ
Malayic language ⓘ
usedBy ethnic Malays in Kedah ⓘ
usedIn informal communication ⓘ
local media ⓘ
traditional performing arts ⓘ
writingSystem Jawi script NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Rumi script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jawi script → usedForLanguage → Kedahan Malay ⓘ
Anak Bukit → languageUsed → Kedahan Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kedah Malay