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Malay Language

Malay alphabet, Malay orthography, Malay language history and sources

Malay language

Malay: Official language of Malaysia, Brunei, and the national language of Singapore, also called Bahasa Melayu.

Number of Malay Speakers: 75 million worldwide.

Malay Alphabet: Can be written in Arabic (called Jawi), or Roman (called Rumi). Founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles was instrumental in making the language known in the Western world.

Malay Orthography: It is a phonetic language and easy to pronounce.

Malay Language History: Scripts go back to the 13th century. Polynesian culture has reflections in the language and culture. Singapore was a part of Malaysia in the past.

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Malay Language Enriched by: Sanskrit and Arabic.

Unique Features of Malay: Rich literature. Malay language in Singapore's is similar to the language spoken in West Malaysia. Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia were originated from Malay language.

For more linguistic affiliation, language variation, orthography, linguistic sketch, and history of Malay language UCLA Language Materials Project has a good linguistics and interlingual background. English is the second language of about half of people living in the United States.

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