The Trace of Minangkabau-Wise in Malaysian Language

Malaysia is one of the seacoast regions of Minangkabau people. The overseas has started since 15th century. They are scattered in almost all regions of Malaysia. Gombak Selangor Darul Ehsan is one of the locations where they lived. This paper attempts to trace the Minangkabau-wise from a unit of language side, namely phonemes. The tracking is done by comparing the phonemes of Minangkabau language which is used in Bonjol under Pasaman Regency with Minangkabau Language which is used by Minang people especially from Bonjol who were migrated to Gombak, Malaysia. The comparison will obtained the tendency of phoneme behaviour among both of Minangkabau Language used by both community groups. The distinction suggests there has been a change in language. In addition, this paper also describes the factors that cause the changes