Jenis dan penggunaan kata ganti nama diri dalam bahasa Urak Lawoi di Pulau Lipek, Thailand

Abstract

Urak Lawoi (Chaolay) is the name for the minority people who occupy the coast and island in western and southern Thailand. At times these people are known as Chao Thalay and Chaonam which mean ‘people of the sea’ or ‘people of the water’. In some places they are also known as Chao Thai Mai which carries the meaning of ‘new Thai people’. This article will focus on one of the Urak Lawoi communities on Lipek (Lipea) island. In general, this article will make comparisons, in specific, the pronouns of the Urak Lawoi language and that of the standard Malay language as found in Malaysia from the aspects of definition, types and usage.