SOME NOTES ON THE KELANTAN DIALECT, 5 
thing more than “ gata,” as if the tongue were trying to overcome 
the difficulties of the final—1, and just failed to do so. The final- 
ai and-au are also slurred, and are pronounced almost as-—a. They 
approach therefore towards the pronunciation of the final which 
explains why we sometimes hear of a sungal or a kédal when a 
sungal or a kédai is meant. | 
Kelantan pronunciation is eccentric in a different direction from 
both the Perak and the Pahang dialects. 
1. Suppression of—n before another consonant: e.g., Kélantan 
is pronounced Kélatan : jantan is pronounced jJatan. Similarly bangku 
is pronounced baku, and béngkak, békak. Here again the impres- 
sion is left of almost futile striving to pronounce the word in full. On 
the other hand—n and—ng are frequently inserted in writing where 
their use is incorrect and superfluous, e.g , béngkas for békas; this er- 
ror is only found in writiug, and is possibly due to the knowledge of 
the opposite fault and to a desire to avoid it at all costs. 
2. Suppression of—m—inasimilar way, again with the counter- 
error in writing, ¢.g., tépoh for témpoh: tapar for tampar: tépek for 
témpek. 
3. Final—an pronounced as—en, e.g., Kélaten for Kélantan ; 
tuenfortuan. The—nisverynasal. Similarly—angis pronounced 
—eng, e.y., Paheng for Pahang. 
4. Final -a pronounced as -aw, as in the English word 
“law,” e.g., Manaw, apaw, for mana, apa. Similarly, -ah is pro- 
nounced as -awh, eg., timawh, Jelawh: and -ak as -awk, e.9., 
Perawk, awawk, kakawk. 
5. Final -t, -k, and -p are practically indeterminate. In the 
case of a word such as achap’’ it is impossible to tell from the 
spoken word whether it is really ‘‘achap,’ “achat,” or ‘ achak.” 
The word is generally written “achap,’ and so I assume that 
form to be correct. Again fe am ea to determine whether the 
word meaning ‘ to return” is ‘ kelik’’ or “ kelit.”’ I presume the 
former to be correct, on the cane of “ balek,”’ but as spoken it 
appears to my ears more to resemble the second form given. This 
confusion does not always exist, however: it only presents itself 
in, comparatively speaking, a few cases, but the fact that it exists 
at all seems to be worth nothing. 
6. Final -ng is frequently softened into -m, 4 find a good 
example of this error in the Malay programme of Sports held*in 
Kota Bharu on the occasion of the Coronation of the present King. 
The sentence occurs, “ Jika: tiada pakaian seperti yang tersehut 
itu, memadai-lah dengan baju*hitam leher tutup, dan seluar hitam 
kain sarom sutera atau bugis atau. Trengganu chorak hitam diatas 
lutut” “I have frequently heard blakam used for blakang and 
even tuam for tuan. In this case again we find mistakes occurring 
in the opposite direction : for one regularly finds the word “bélum” 
pronounced and even spelt as * bélong.’’ ~ The latter error is 
readily explained by the nasal pronunciation prevalent in 
Kelantan : the former is no doubt the result of revolt against the 
R, A. Soc., No. 62, 1912. 
