| 1- | A syllable is a sound that can be said without interruption and are usually a vowel which can have consonants before and/or after it. |
| 2- | A Malay word can be divided into syllable. Each syllable in a Malay word can be produced by at least one vowel, or a vowel with a consonant. |
| 3- | Each of the syllables has a vowel. The vowels in the syllable are represented by ‘V’ while a consonant is represented by ‘K’. The combination of ‘V’ and ‘K’ is known as syllable pattern. |
| 4- | There are 11 syllable patterns in Malay words. |
| 5- | There are some exceptions to the pairing of vowels in Malay words. |
| 6- | The exceptions are for words that were originated from the Southeast Asian countries, and words that were borrowed from the English and Arabic words. |