Negeri Sembilan Malay Languages
Dear Monkeys, There are times I know you guys wish to call me "gadoy takuy".
The first term means "old hag" while the second means "evil spirit" in the Temuan dialect spoken in Negeri Sembilan. When I knock your heads for being lazy in your studies, I turn into an old , evil witch. Kek kek kek... The darn person who always strays into my side of the road, I would call down evil upon him: "TAKUY" and I am sure he does not understand the actual meaning even though this is an authentic Malay dialect which is closer to standard Malay than the Negeri Sembilan dialect. Kek kek kek! What is Temuan dialect? It is the mother tongue of aboriginal Malays who live in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca. According to linguists, Temuan is "lexically similar to Malay." Apart from the two lexical differences listed above, another difference between the Temuan and standard Malay is the glottal stop at the end of words ending with vowels. That is to say, if I would like to speak more like a Temuan: "KaU( hiccup )takuy!" "You ( hiccup ) devil!" As for the dialect brought in by the Minangkabaus, I can't use it to call down evil upon other people because, there are definitely many Negeri Sembilan folks out there who could understand...I could easily get into trouble. Obviously the Negeri Sembilan dialect is more popular with songs entitled: "Kocik kocik jago kobau" "Apo nak dikato" dan "Apo kono eh jang" I don't know the Negeri Sembilan dialect therefore I am not able to translate all the song titles properly. I only know, kocik is small. Words ending with "O" can be replaced with "a" to get the equivalent of standard Malay. So... Apo ( what )= jago ( take care of )= kato= ( say ) Hey, Kelantan Malay is also like that, isn't it? The Malay poetry accompanying the Randai dance about the Minangkabau martial art silat is also presented in the Negeri Sembilan dialect. Comprehension Exercise 1. What are the two Malay dialects spoken in Negeri Sembilan and who are the speakers? 2. Who are the dwellers of Negeri Sembilan who build roofs resembling buffalo horns and their women also wear headgear which are cloth folded to resemble buffalo horns? Do You Know...?
Among the dialects in Peninsular Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan dialect has the most phonemes that is, 26. Rice is boghed in the dialect, you is ekau and hot bamboo rice is lomang paneh yums!. Speakers of the Temuan dialect is estimated to be less than five thousand scattered in Negeri Sembilan and the neighbouring states.
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