CHAPTER 1 :
SOUNDS AND
PRONUNCIATION
Bab 1 : Bunyi dan Sebutan
Vowel Sounds (Bunyi Vokal)
There are six vowels in Malay :
Terdapat enam vokal dalam bahasa Melayu :
1. A : pronounced as ‘are’ or ‘ar’
2. E (taling) : pronounced as ‘ay’
3. E (pepet) : pronounced as ‘er’
4. I : pronounced as ‘i’
5. O : pronounced as ‘or’
6. U : pronounced as ‘u’
Consonant Sound (Bunyi Konsonan)
There are twenty-one vowels in Malay :
Terdapat dua-puluh-satu vokal dalam bahasa Melayu :
1. B 6. H 11.N 16.T
2. C 7. J 12.P 17.V
3. D 8. K 13.Q 18.W
4. F 9. L 14.R 19.X
5. G 10.M 15.S 20.Y
21.Z
ba gi mu
no za
ci
hu pi
Vowel /a/ (Vokal /a/)
Vocal a : pronunciation as /a/ (father)
ba ca da fa ga ha ja ka la ma
na pa qa ra sa ta va wa ya za
ga-jah ka-tak ba-dak
Vowel /e/
Vocal e : pronunciation as /a/ (about) (around)
be ce de fe ge he je ke
le me ne pe re se te
ge-las ke-ris
te-lur
Vowel /e/
Vocal ê taling : pronunciation as /e/ (set) (excident)
bê cê dê fê gê hê jê kê
lê mê nê pê rê sê tê wê
ê-pal kê-ju
pên
Vowel /i/
Vocal i : pronunciation as /i/ (feet, neat)
bi ci di fi gi hi ji ki li mi
ni pi qi ri si ti vi wi yi zi
i-tik ci-li gi-gi
Vowel /o/
Vocal o: pronunciation as /o/ (note)
bo co do fo go ho jo ko lo
mo no po ro so to vo yo zo
o-tak bo-la ro-ti
Vowel /u/
Vocal u: pronunciation as /u/ (food)
bu cu du fu gu hu ju ku lu
nu pu ru su tu wu yu zu qu
u-bat ku-da
Exercise (Latihan)
Diphtong Sound (Bunyi Diftong)
◦ Combination of two or three vowels. There are three diphthong in Malay
◦ Kombinasi dua atau tiga vokal. Terdapat tiga diftong dalam bahasa
Melayu.
2. Au (au, jau, sau)
1. ai (hai, tai, pai)
audio audio
haiwan animal hijau green
pantai beach Pisau knife
tupai squirrel 3. Oi (loi, boi)
Amboi (an exclamation similar to ‘oh’)
Kaloi (a kind of fish)
Consonant cluster
(Gugusan konsonan)
◦ 2 consonant letter that represent as single sound.
1. Kh - Khamis Thursday
2. Ng - Ngantuk Sleepy
3. Sy - Masyarakat Society
4. Sh
5. Gh
6. Ny
Tutorial : List ONE (1) example consonant cluster [sh], [gh], and [ny] in Malay Language
(10 minutes)
