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will be able to tell that the other speaker is from West
Aceh dialect, but if he is not, he might just wonder why
this person speaks in a rather different intonation.
It is worth noting that the grammar book for elementary
schools, Tatabahasa Atieh (1968) and some reading books were
written by a teacher writer who came from this dialect, the
late Djauhari Ishak.
In a mountain area between Banda Aceh and Meulaboh,
there is a small dialect, called Daya. Geographically, this
dialect is in the area of West Aceh, but it is separated
from the rest by, unoccupied mountain areas. This dialect is
marked by the replacement of the final [o»] by [ai]. Thus,
baroe 'yesterday,' beusoe 'iron,' £al£s 'rope,' and jaroe
'hand' are fbarail, fbmsail, [£alai], and [ja£ai]
respectively in this dialect.
Aside from phonological differences, there are also
differences in the choice of words or in the use of certain
expressions. For example, in some areas in Greater Aceh,
people used the word nyak for 'mother,' whereas in other
dialect ma or mak. In Greater Aceh, baroh means 'below,' in
North Aceh and Pidie it means 'north.' For 'below' they use
the word (di) vup. In North Aceh they say galak for the
meaning 'to like,' but in Pidie they say harok. Both
dialects have these words, but each dialect often uses one
and rarely the other. In North Aceh, harok has a stronger
meaning than galak. Besides, it is only used for things that
one likes, not for food. In Pidie it can be used for both.