Kelantanese Malay is the Malay dialect

Malay language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...

 spoken in Kelantan

Kelantan

Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ....

 state of Malaysia, as well as Besut

Besut

Besut is a district in the Malaysian state of Terengganu. It is bordered by the state of Kelantan to the north and the South China Sea to the east. It is the northern gateway to Terengganu. Kampung Raja is the district capital, though Jertih is more developed. Another major town is Kuala Besut....

 district of Terengganu

Terengganu

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 and the Perhentian Islands

Perhentian Islands

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. Many people in district of Baling

Baling

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 , Sik and Padang Terap

Padang Terap

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 in Kedah

Kedah

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 speak in a language similar to language spoken in Kelantan. It is sometimes unintelligible to standard Malay speakers, although they share a lot of similarities. It is essentially the same dialect as Yawi across the border in Thailand, Yawi is a misnomer for the language, Yawi (Jawi in Malay) refers to the use of Arabic transliteration

Arabic transliteration

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 for its writing. However, there may have been some recent minor divergences between the Yawi side and Kelantan side, a detailed study is needed to find out as nobody really knows. Kelantanese is traditionally written in Arabic letters, as is Yawi. There are words that are completely different from standard Malay, and Kelantanese Malay is much older and has a richer history (written in Arabic) than standard Malay. Terengganuan Malay also differs from both Kelantanese Malay and standard Malay.

Examples of words differences are:

Standard Malay: Kelantanese

• Boleh: Buleh
• Makan: Maké
• Apa (Apur) : Gapo
• Saya : Sayo
• Nasi : Nasik

Some Notable Kelantanese phrases

"wat lolok" means "just kidding"...a very popular phrase used when you're not seriously answering someone who is asking you what are you doing.

Origin:

Probably from the phrase "buat olok-olok" (olok-olok = pretend) or simply originates from Siamese language.

Example:
Q: Wat gapo/ wat gedio/ wat nate gapo weh??
A: " wat lolok..!!"

As opposed to what people commonly used.

Q: buat ape/ buat mende/tengah buat ape tu..??
A: tiada apa-apa..!!

External links

• http://www.bahasa-malaysia-simple-fun.com/kelantan_malay.html