Chitty Language

Examples of Chitty sentences

i) “Tamil takda faham” (I don't understand Tamil)

ii) “Jarang nak jumpa…” (hard to find)

iii) “ Dia punya huruf sama, sebutan lain..” (same letter but different pronounciation)

iv) “Itu adat kita guna..” (that the tradition we use)

v) “Tu dia punya sifat la.” (that's his/her personality)

Examples of Chitty Vocabulary

Family

i) ‘amma:’ (mother)

ii) ‘appa:’ (father)

iii) ‘akka:’ (sister)

iv) ‘atte mama:’(cousin)

v) ‘anni’(sister in law)

vi) ‘periyanni’(elder sister in law)

vii) ‘periyamma’ (aunty's mother side)


Food

i) ‘ kauci’ ( makanan daging/beef food)

ii) ‘marekari’ (makanan sayur/vegetables food)

iii) ‘eraci’ (daging/beef)

iv) ‘kari’ (kari/curry)


Others

i) ‘sakiak’ ( wooden slipper)

ii) ‘ma:du’ (lembu/cow)

iii) ‘kanni’ (anak dara/girl)

iv) ‘kutung’ (kumpulan/group)

v) ‘kudumbam’ ( keluarga/family)

vi) ‘a:ma-a:ma’ ( mengiya/agree)

vii) ‘yenna’ (pertanyaan/question)