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are pronounced [b^JTad] and fkaiTul . In addition to this, in
many areas in Greater Aceh, a final i following an £ is
pronounced very close to [e]. For example, turi 'to
recognize,' bri 'to give,' and pakri 'how' are pronounced
fturel. fbrel. and fpakrel respectively. In the dialects
around Banda Aceh and Ulee Lheue (where £ becomes [V]), the
three words are ftuifel, fbYel, and fpakYel .
To the southeast of Greater Aceh dialect, on the other
side of Mount Seulawah, facing the Strait of Malacca, is
Pidie dialect, which covers the kabupaten of Pidie. This
dialect also has some dialectal variations but not as many
as those in Greater Aceh dialect. In general, this dialect
is marked by a rather far back [a] compared with the [a] in
other dialects.
There are two other distinguishing features that mark
this dialect. First, when a back vowel is followed by [h] in
a final syllable, it is replaced by a diphthong with [i].
For example, patah 'broken,' tikoh 'mouse,' koh 'to cut,'
and oruh 'to blow' are pronounced fpataihl. ftikoihl.
fkoihl. and fpruihl respectively. Second, Pidie dialect
replaces what is [u] in other dialects into [«*« ] (written
eji) and what is [««»] in other dialects into [u] when these
vowels are in the first syllable of a two- or three-syllable
word. Words, such as beukah 'broken,' teubee 'sugar cane,'
seuke 'pandanus,' teubai 'thick,' meusapat 'together, and
teuot 'knee' are pronounced fbukaihl• rtubtai. fsukLl•
rtubail . fmusaoatl and ftu?otl . Here [«**] is repalaced by