VARIANTS HULU PERAK UTARA: PHENOMENA IN GERIK AND PENGKALAN HULU

Hulu Perak Malay dialect is often defined as an illegal dialect, the dialect that is brought from outside peninsular Malaysia. Whereas, Hulu Perak Malay dialect, especially in the Northern part of Perak is a distinctive dialect. As a result, to date, no complete phonological system has been available regarding the dialects spoken in the Hulu Perak area, in particular the area known as this Reman State (now Hulu Perak). This paper aims to assess the phonological system by making the Malay dialect spoken in Gerik and Pengkalan Hulu, North Perak as research material. Qualitative analysis of the characteristics of phonetics and phonology and other linguistic aspects obtained from nine villages found inland North Hulu Perak Malay dialect (HPU) shows the existence of multiple variations of its own. The results showed that the HPU dialect phonological system represented 6 vowels and 18 consonant phonemes. This finding has two important implications. First, the HPU dialect is more similarity with Ulu Terengganu dialect.. Second, the Malay dialect HPU needs a new grouping.