TIPOLOGI KETERANCAMAN DIALEK MELAYU PATANI DI CHEPIR SIK, KEDAH

Abstract

Studies on the endangered of the minority dialects in Malaysia are increasingly focused. Similarly, the Malay Patani dialect spoken by the Malay Patani community experiencing some of the problems related to confrontation due to cross-collision of language and culture as well as the influence of foreign language. This situation has been found to interfere with their original dialect. So, research on the Malay dialects of Patani is important to look at the current state of their society now and in the future. The objective of the study is to describe the typology of Malay dialect in Sik, Kedah. The theory used in this study is Sasse’s (1992) model which proposes the Theoretical Model of Language Death. Qualitative and quantitative approaches are also used to obtain data through field research methods that involve questionnaire techniques, recordings, and observations. The findings shown that there are three important factors in determining the preservation of a language or dialect, namely parental factors, residence factors and language ability factors. All three of these factors have the potential to determine the language’s native language. In addition, they have also been able to demonstrate the high ethnocentric and enthusiastic nature of their mother tongue. This situasion is evident that the Malay Patani is still safe despite the language clashes.