THE EVOLUTION OF MALAY SPELLING. 



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dapat dapati kras mergrasi senary kesenargan susah kesusahan 



«i\j j\i\j (^jT jjv-^i* ft^Mi ^.iLJf ^ ^.fcV^^S 



(e) When both syllables of the root have the a sound, and 

 the addition of a suffix requires in the last syllable an extra all/. 

 the Malays invariably omit the alif of the first syllable of the 



root, unless it follows one of the letters j or. ; thus, 

 bacha bachakan di-bacha-nya bapa bapa-nya lata katakan 



& cfe 



ite* 



w9u 



.s\L oV<f <\£ 





perkatcian kararg karargan makan makanan nama namakan 

 namdi salah kesalahan tanam tanaman 



But with words commencing with j or , the spelling is. 



&*J 



cH cAVj 



dada-nya dagargan dalam-nya perdayakan rasa-nya wayargun 



With roots in which //a is a consonant, the omission of alif 

 would cause ambiguity ; it should therefore be retained, as. 



oU. y-V- %J 4&> jll^ tf \y ^U ^U 



(J9 The suffix a?i requires alif when the root ends with the 

 letters j or « 



fikiran kedeigaran kelakuan peiutoran 



o\fe oV"^ o'fy* S sJ* 



In such words, the (////'which would otherwise be required 

 by rule (5) (d) in the last syllable of the root must be omitted, as. 



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