Kedahan Malay - Dialect

Dialect

Kedahan Malay dialect can be divided into several subdialects, namely Kedah Persisiran (standard), Baling or Kedah Hulu, Kedah Utara, Perlis-Langkawi, Penang and some others (outside Malaysia). For instance instead of using 'kamu' to denote as 'you', 'hang' (hung - English pronunciation) is used.

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