Perak Malay is the local Malay dialect spoken in the state of Perak that, according to linguistic analysis of a 16th‑century Acehnese manuscript, influenced the Malay translation of the Burda produced in or linked to the Acehnese sultanate Atjēh.
Characteristics
Perak Malay exhibits certain phonological and morphological traits distinct from standard Malay, including the occasional nasalization of voiced stops after the prefix me‑ (e.g., mengebala, mengadar) and the retention of forms lacking the nominal suffix -an, such as bengadjar (“lesson”), kedatang (“arrival”), and keingin (“desire”). These features are noted in the source as comparable to the state of Perak Malay described by C. C. Brown and K. Wulff【20260707_232246_DLP-54-Een_16de_eeuwse_Maleise_vertaling_van_de_Burda_van_al_Bu_s_i_ri_OCR.txt, p. 44】.
Influence on Acehnese manuscripts
The source argues that the close political ties between Atjēh and Perak in the 16th and 17th centuries make it plausible that a Malay manuscript originating from an Acehnese context would display Perak‑Malay linguistic traits: “is het niet ongerijmd, invloed van het Perakse dialect in een uit Atjèh herkomstig handschrift uit de 16th eeuw aan te nemen”【20260707_232246_DLP-54-Een_16de_eeuwse_Maleise_vertaling_van_de_Burda_van_al_Bu_s_i_ri_OCR.txt, p. 45】. This hypothesis is supported by the presence of Perak‑like forms in the Malay translation of the Burda.
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Source
20260707_232246_DLP-54-Een_16de_eeuwse_Maleise_vertaling_van_de_Burda_van_al_Bu_s_i_ri_OCR.txt, pp. 44‑45.