Variations of Arabic Loanwords in the Perlis Malay Dialect: Geolinguistic Analysis

Perlis is a unique state because it borders foreign country in the north which Thailand and next to of Kedah. This position also has an impact on Malay dialect spoken by native speakers Perlis. While this loan word Arabic seen language as having close connection with Islam held majority community. The race synonymous Islam, including aspect language. Arabic, choice for conveying content Quran. study will analyze some loanwords used dialect. Therefore try distribution dialects one initial efforts from dialectological point view that focuses In general, focus area covers several selected villages Some lexical are have lot variation be study. Therefore, using generative transformation formula see changes occur variants involving phonology "kafir", "takdir" "sahur". continuation previous studies studied focused pronunciation residents Perlis.
 Keywords: dialect, borrowing, formula.