The Borrowing Processes of Thai Language in Patani Malay Dialect in Thailand

This study concerns with the processes borrowing Thai language (TL) words in Patani Malay Dialect (PMD) from the
perspective of Sociolinguistics. The main objective of this study is to see how the processes happen from TL to PMD. The research
data for TL loanwords in PMD are obtained from written and spoken language while the data from TL itself are obtained from
written materials. Attention towards the processes of TL loanwords in PMD is in regard with the study about similarities between
TL and Malay language (ML) through two important processes; importation and substitution. Indirectly this study also touched on
the influence of TL which has an important role to the lexical elements of PMD. In addition to the elaboration of the borrowing
process, an analysis was also carried out on the process of changing TL loanwords in PMD in terms of phonology involving vocal
and consonant changes using descriptive approaches. Finally, the findings showed that apart from direct borrowing from TL, PMD
also adapts the loanwords according to the existing system in PMD. Even from the borrowing elements themselves, it is found
that there are words considered to come from the same family while some are borrowed from other languages.