Variasi Dialek Pahang: Keterpisahan Berasaskan Jaringan Sungai

This study attempts to draw a new perspective on nominating and classifying Pahang dialect. Previous studies on nomination and classification were greatly influence by a concept that political boundary is similar to dialect boundary, hence, deem to characterized Pahang dialect with eight sub-dialects based on particular area where the sub-dialects is used/uttered. Pahang dialect, thence, was distinguished into two groups based on the linguistic characteristics ofeach sub-dialect. The first group illustrates the characteristics of Pahang dialect whereas the other group exemplifies integrated characteristics of Pahang dialect and other dialects. In order to explore new perspective, this study used Pahang river system as a foundation to nominate and classify Pahang dialect. Linguistic variation of three main river in Pahang namely Sungai Pahang, Sungai Jelai and Sungai Lipis were analyzed and compared in order to detect their similarity anddifferences. This study found that there are only two sub-dialects in Pahang, that is, Hulu Sungai Pahang sub-dialect and Hilir Sungai Pahang sub-dialect, which their boundaries were clearly determined by the river flows.