GUA MUSANG, June 26 — ”Kerjak kuet untuk derik bek belak, ba masak ba senge bek.” This is a saying in the native language of the Mendriq Orang Asli community in Kelantan that...
Kerjak kuet untuk derik bek belak, ba masak ba senge bek.
These days, however, one rarely hears this phrase being uttered mainly due to the low usage of the native language by the Mendriq community itself especially the younger generation who prefer to speak in Bahasa Melayu. A resident in Kg Kuala Lah interviewed by Bernama said the younger generation in his village is inclined to using Bahasa Melayu rather than their own mother tongue to communicate because the national language is the medium of instruction in school. — Bernama picThe process leading to a language’s extinction is usually a slow one with the contributing factors being, among others, formal schooling where children are not required to use their native language as well as mixed marriages.
“I am indeed very sad our youngsters are using the Mendriq language less and less. I think our language will become extinct and disappear from the world if nothing is done by our own society and the government,” he added.
“The government, Ministry of Education and JAKOA are doing their best to improve the standard of living of the Orang Asli through various measures, one of them being education. In terms of education, one of the initiatives taken by the government is the establishment of the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Teachers Training Institute which caters to Orang Asli trainee teachers.
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