Kedah Malay is a form of Malay spoken in the Malaysian states of Kedah

Kedah

Kedah is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km², and it consists of the mainland and Langkawi. The mainland has a relatively flat terrain, which is used to grow rice...

, Penang

Penang

Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...

, Perak

Perak

Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

, and Perlis

Perlis

Perlis is the smallest state in Malaysia. It lies at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and has Satun and Songkhla Provinces of Thailand on its northern border. It is bordered by the state of Kedah to the south...

. It is also spoken in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

's southern province of Satun

Satun

Satun is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Satun Province. It covers the whole tambon Phiman of Mueang Satun district. As of 2005 it has a population of 21,498....

, where it is called "Satun Malay".

Speakers in Trang

Trang

Trang is the capital of Trang Province, Thailand. The city has a population of 59,637 and covers the whole tambon Thap Thiang of Mueang Trang district....

 are most heavily influenced by Thai language http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&q=%22as+they+often+do%2C+their+dialect+is%22&btnG=Search+Books The total speaker of this Malay dialect is more 4 millions (about 3.1 million are mothertongue speaker and the rest used as second language). Beside those mentioned states and province, this dialect is also spoken in southern Burma and a place in northern Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

. The local peoples refer to this language as loghat utara (North's dialect-by Malaysian) and pelet Kedah (Kedah's dialect-by Kedahan).

Kedahan Malay dialect can be divided into several subdialects, namely Kedah Persisiran (standard),Baling or Kedah Hulu, Kedah Utara, Perlis-Langkawi, Penang and some others (outside Malaysia).


Some word examples of Kedahan Malay:

Kedahan Malay (Standard Subdialect)	Standard Malay (Malaysia)	English
Hang	Kamu, Engkau	You (singular)
Cek	Saya, Kamu	I, You (singular)
Depa	Mereka	They, Them
Hangpa	Kalian	You (plural)
Sepa (only used in certain areas)	Kami	We, Us
Pi	Pergi	Go
Mai	Datang, Mari	Come
Awat, Pasepa	Mengapa	Why
La	Sekarang	Now
Sat	Sebentar, Sekejap	Moment (to wait)
Mengkala	Bila, Apabila	When
KetegaR	Degil, Keras Kepala	Stubborn
Jom (widely used in Malaysian Malay)	Ayuh, Mari	Let's Go
Kot (widely used in Malaysian Malay)	Mungkin, Barangkali	Maybe, Probably
GeRek	Basikal (also used by Kedahan Malay that reside in urban area)	Bicycle
Mertun	Tukul	Hammer
Tenggalung	Baling	Throw
Ghabat	Panjat	Climb
Ligan	Kejar	Chase
Loq Laq	Tak senonoh	Indecent
Ketit	Gigit kecil	Nibble
Tokak	Gigit	Bite
Berlemuih	Comot	Grubby

Source

Kedahan Malay

Kedahan Malay

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Kedahan-Standard Malay Online dictionary