Malay, is part of the Austronesian family of languages. Also known as the "Malayo-Polynesian" languages. Now, Malay was not a borrowed language for it is a language that is unique to its own culture. However, anthropologists today theorize two places of origin for Austronesian speakers. Taiwan and Africa's Madagascar. Taiwan, is where many of the Austronesian speakers have thought to originated from. Of course, there was no "Austronesian language", but people simply spoke a series of Austronesian dialects with similar words that was influenced from the Chinese language. Since Malays, are thought to have originated from China in a kingdom called "Mo Lo Yu", and then to Taiwan. The Negritos, from Africa's Madagascar also came to the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago which is why Taiwanese and Madagascar Africans are considered the "original Austronesians". This is why Malay and the language from Madagascar and Taiwanese dialects are from the Austronesian family of languages. Javanese people also have a common origin with Malay, and they look like Malays too. A lot of people from southern China and Taiwan and you'll notice they look like Malays. Vietnamese and Cambodians also are related to ethnic Malays.
The term "Malay" is an English transliteration of what they call themselves in their language, "Melayu". And its origins are thought to have come from a Chinese kingdom called "Malayu" or "Mo Lo Yu".
The characteristics of the Malay language relate to that of the Arabic language. From back in the 14th century, the Arabic script was adapted to be written for the Malay language. There is also a Latin alphabet for the Malay language.
Fencing is 'pagar' in Malay.
Eduard Ferdinand Winckel has written: 'Handbook of the Malay language' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, English language, Malay, Malay language
The meaning of the word Selamat Petan (səlamat pətaŋ), means good afternoon/evening in the Malay language. The Malay language is the national language of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
"Good morning" in Malay is "Selamat pagi".
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Richard Olof Winstedt has written: 'The Malays, a cultural history' -- subject(s): Malays (Asian people) 'Malaya and its history' -- subject(s): History 'An English-Malay dictionary' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, Malay, English language 'A practical modern English-Malay dictionary' -- subject(s): Malay language, Dictionaries, Glossaries, vocabularies, English, Malay, English language 'The circumstances of Malay life' -- subject(s): Social life and customs, Malays (Asian people) 'A history of Johore, 1365-1895' -- subject(s): History, Bugis (Malay people) 'Colloquial Malay' -- subject(s): Malay language, Orthography and spelling, Grammar, Conversation and phrase books, Spoken Malay, English, Arabic language 'Malay industries' -- subject(s): Industries 'An unabridged Malay-English dictionary' -- subject(s): Malay language, Dictionaries, English 'A herd of wild bungalows' -- subject(s): Social life and customs 'A Malay reader, and C.O. Blagden' -- subject(s): Malay language, Readers 'A simple Malay reader' -- subject(s): Malay language, Readers 'A practical modern Malay-English dictionary' -- subject(s): Malay language, Dictionaries, English 'A history of Johore, 1365-1941' -- subject(s): History 'Start from alif'
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