Kedah Malay or Kedahan ( Malay : bahasa Melayu Kedah ; also known as Pelat Utara or Loghat Utara 'Northern Dialect') or as it is known in Thailand, Syburi Malay ( Thai : ภาษามลายูไทรบุรี Phasa Malāyū Saiburī ) is a Malayic language mainly spoken in the northwestern Malaysian states of Perlis , Kedah , Penang , and northern Perak and in the southern Thai provinces of Trang and Satun . The usage of Kedah Malay was historically prevalent in southwestern Thailand before being superseded by the Thai language . Enclaves of Kedah Malay can be found in Kawthaung District in Myanmar ; Ranong and Krabi in upper southern Thailand; Jaring Halus, Langkat and Aceh in Sumatra , Indonesia and up north in Bangkok , central Thailand, where most of the Kedah Malay speakers are descendants of historical settlers from Kedah.
7-603: Kangar ( Kedah Malay : Kangaq ; Jawi : كڠار ) is the state capital and the largest town in Perlis , Malaysia. It has a population of 48,898 and an area of 2,619.4 ha. It is located next to the Thailand border, in the northernmost point of Peninsular Malaysia . It is situated by the Perlis River . The town is also a gathering centre for the paddy rice production of the surrounding district. Its municipal government
14-706: Is the de facto prestige dialect of Kedah Malay), Kedah Utara (Northern Kedah), Perlis - Langkawi , Penang and some others outside Malaysia. Speakers in Trang as well as Satun are heavily influenced by the Thai language. However in the district of Baling , they speak a different variant more closely related to Kelantan-Patani Malay than it is to Kedah Malay. Note(s): Kedah Malay has eight monophthongs , unlike Standard Malay which has six with /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ not having phonemic status. Note(s): Kedah Malay has four diphthongs /ai, au, oi, ui/ with /ui/ being
21-457: Is unified with that of the neighbouring communities of Arau and Kaki Bukit . The centre of Kangar is Sena Province. The town is the smallest state capital in Malaysia and its inhabitants are mostly farmers and civil servants. Its industries include cement, saw milling, rubber, paper, and processing of sugar and prawns. Kangar existed from about 350 years ago, that is since 1653 when Kota Sena
28-491: The Kedah-Siamese community. Downtown Kangar is a mixture of old and new shophouses, and has an elegant colonial State Secretariat Building and clocktower from the 1930s. Other major landmarks are: 6°26′N 100°12′E / 6.433°N 100.200°E / 6.433; 100.200 Kedah Malay Kedah Malay can be divided into several dialects, namely Kedah Persisiran ( Littoral Kedah; which
35-529: The second largest community in Kangar are primarily Hokkien speaking, with the language serving as the lingua franca of the city's Chinese population. In addition, significant knowledge of Mandarin and English is also present amongst them. Other languages spoken in Kangar includes Tamil , Telugu , Malayali as well as Punjabi and Hindi among the Kangar Indian population and Southern Thai by
42-483: The traders. This tree that became a "witness" to many business deals was called Pohon Kangar . Every trader and merchant who came and went to this place began calling it the Pohon Kangar Port, in honour of the tree. The majority of Kangar's population speaks Perlis Malay which is a sub-dialect of Kedah Malay but also has its own unique features compared to those of neighbouring Kedah. The Han Chinese ,
49-471: Was built as the administrative centre for the 14th Sultan of Kedah , Sultan Muhyiddin Mansor Shah . Kangar was then a land port or pengkalan where boats and tongkangs anchor at the confluence of Perlis River, which runs through Kangar town to Kuala Perlis . The name Kangar was derived from a type of tree. It was here at the port that trading was done, under a big tree that gave shade and respite to
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