The Use of Kelantan Dialect in Cyberspace

People of Kelantan use the Kelantan dialect extensively, not only in private or in informal situation but it is also used in public spaces such as mosques, schools, the government institutions and in statutory bodies. The practice of the dialect displays the people’s identity which demonstrates their individuality. Kelantan community regards their dialect as an important element in the process of constructing their sense of parochialism in order to maintain their individuality as the people of Kelantan. However, in conversational situation as in spoken form has some differences in compare to written form. There are two favourite applications in the cyber space that have been chosen as the research materials which are Whatsapp and Telegram as these have become one of the most preferable mediums for today’s online community in line with the speedy progress in this globalisation era. These new tools in communication no longer require the user for a face to face conversation rather, it can be done via applications such as electronic mail, blog, short messaging service, internet chatting, Facebook, Twitter and others social media such as Whatsapp, Telegram without having to concern about the whereabouts and the challenge in language. This article will also discuss the usage of Kelantan dialect as in the cyberspace’s communication in the written form. The researchers found out that the usage of Kelantan dialect is still sustainable in this cyber space nevertheless the different in compare to the spoken form.