Dialek-dialek Melayu di Lembah Baram
This paper attempt to study the Malay dialects spoke in Baram River, Northern Sarawak. Three Malay dialects have been revealed in this area, namely (1) the Sarawak Malay Dialect (SMD) (2) Brunei Malay Dialect (BMD); and (3) Baram Malay (BM). Linguistically, the SMD in Baram river basin is identif...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1173/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1173/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1173/1/SARI27%5B2%5D2009_%5B03%5D.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper attempt to study the Malay dialects spoke in Baram River, Northern
Sarawak. Three Malay dialects have been revealed in this area, namely (1) the
Sarawak Malay Dialect (SMD) (2) Brunei Malay Dialect (BMD); and (3) Baram
Malay (BM). Linguistically, the SMD in Baram river basin is identified as a subvariant
of SMD in Sarawak (similar to the Rejang, Saribas and Kuching dialect).
The SMD, which only consists of three vowels, is categorized as the sub dialect
of Brunei Malay. This paper also described the BM studied by Needham (1958).
In brief, BM is a kind of Bazaar Malay which is widely spoken by the non-Malay
tribes in Baram river basin |
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