A Study on The First-Language Influence on The Arabic Pronunciation among Terengganuians in Malaysia

Abstract

This study focuses on exploring the influences of the first-language influence on the Arabic pronunciation among Terengganuian learners. The study has involved five students, who were born in Terengganu, who communicate using the Terengganuian dialect. The students were asked to read some Arabic sentences while the researcher recorded their voices. Then, their pronunciations were transcribed and analysed. The findings showed that the influences of the Terengganuian dialect on the Arabic pronunciation actually exist. The respondents showed their habits unintentionally in pronouncing the sound /ŋ/ while uttering such Arabic words which have been spelt with the letter 'n'. This phenomenon is very familiar among Terengganuian people in terms of their local dialect.

Phonological Interference in Reciting Al-Qur’an: A Critical Reflection on the Learning of Al-Qur’an Phonology through Action Research

“…Therefore, this study is focused on examining the phonological interference of Al-Quran uttered by people who spoke Javanese as a mother tongue. Interference was very likely to occur in speaking the sound of Al-Quran by Javanese speakers, because phonological deviations are caused by the first language acquired and used by speakers, so that it affects the pronunciation of other languages, in this case Arabic (Aktürk-Drake, 2010;Hamzah & Busri, 2015;Khasanah & Qosim, 2017;Nokman, Mat, Bakar, Musilehat, & Yaakub, 2017) Unlike Amrulloh, (2017), study that used Surah Al-Asr as the object of phonological study, this study uses Surah A-Fatihah as the object of study of phonological interference uttered by students. It is considered important, because Surah Al-Fatihah is a part of pillars of Islam (Shalat), which is an mandatory that must be carried out by every adult Muslim, so that in the narration the verses must not be mistaken in uttering, especially if uttering is wrong, it will affect changes in meaning (Taufiqurrochman, 2007) Based on the aforementioned study results, in an attempt to limit the problems studied, this study intends to answer a number of the research questions, which are formulated as follows: 1) How do the forms of phonological interference in the practice of reading Al-Quran in Surah Al-Fatihah uttered by the Javanese speakers?…”