Iban Language Abuse?

February 18, 2009 · By vynne

This video advertisement of Maybank depicting an Iban family whose daughter leaves to study overseas in this case in London. This advert is straight forward. It actually tells the audience that Maybank is every where even in small remote town in Sarawak and the ultra modern metropolitan city like London.

Though many commend the effort to project an Iban family in the advertisement but the Iban language used is terrible more often than not doesn’t sound iban at all. From what we understand the advert was shot on location in Sarawak and took only 2 days. The actors it seems are not all Iban.

Watch and listen and you be the judge.

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6 Responses

  1. mathiew

    February 20th, 2009 at 2:58 am

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    yes agree the actor and atress are nopt 100% Iban that advert are really abuse and spoil the Iban language.Pls use real Iban if want to do this case project ..

    Thank

  2. deepo

    March 12th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

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    amai…bejaku nyu baka urang nda makai seminggu….ni bisi bakanya slang kitai…kelalu pekat bejaku iban…ngasuh urg ketawa aja

  3. Mugan Bunyau

    March 28th, 2009 at 10:36 am

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    Tq to MBB for the good effort in promoting our Iban language. Personally I truly appreciate this advertisement I understand that all the ‘pelakon’ are Iban. As such, we hv to accept that this is the beauty in diversity of our Iban slang and our language as a whole. Please be united and be free to give words of encouragement to each other for the betterment of our community.

  4. Silentkiller

    March 29th, 2009 at 12:07 am

    4

    Yasmin Yusuf director enti enda silap ku. patutnya ngaga reserach tauka ngambi Iban invovle dlm iklan nya.

  5. Mugan Bunyau

    March 31st, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    5

    Pls convey my sincere gratitude and thanks to Yasmin. TQ for her effort in promoting Iban in the adv. Looking forward to see more and better representation of Iban culture in her works. I believe there is always room for improvement in everything…. Cheers!!

  6. Iban spirit

    June 13th, 2010 at 4:28 am

    6

    First thanks to MBB about the advertisement. Hope next have improvement in their advertisement to promoting the Iban Culture especially in TV. Make sure the sensitivity of our Dayak people are not neglected during making the advertisement, they must be make a final touch to view everything before its show to the public.

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