3.3 Frequency (kekerapan)

3.3.1 Presentations
Vowel harmony is a system of a pairing of two last vowels in a word. The last letter of the word is a consonant.

In Malay language, not all vowels can be paired together. There are only 18 pairing of vowels.

Examples are as bellow:

Pattern

Pairing of vowels

Example

1

a – a

Asal

2

a – i

Tarik

3

a – u

Basuh

4

e – a (pepet)

Emas

5

e – i

Petik

6

e – u

Belut

7

é – a (taling)

Elak

8

é – e

Gelek

3.3 Frequency (kekerapan)

Pattern

Pairing of vowels

Example

9

é – o

Elok

10

i – a

Tidak

11

i – i

Bilik

12

i – u

Pikul

13

o – a

Botak

14

o – é

Boleh

15

o – o

Tolol

16

u – a

Ulat

17

u – i

Kulit

18

u – u

Buluh