enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sarawak Malay - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak_Malay

    In Sarawak Malay, the initial consonant in a syllable coda of the conjugated form of the word (e.g. the initial middle 'm' in memberi) in Standard Malay is the initial consonant in Sarawak Malay. For example, Standard Malay mencari [məɲ.t͡ʃa.ri] is nyari [ɲ̩a.ɣi] in Sarawak Malay because the 'n' in mencari is a . This is also found in ...

  3. Melanau people - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanau_people

    This is because the Muslim Melanaus that have migrated to bigger towns in Sarawak have "automatically" become "Malays", especially during the National Census Operation as their names (and many times the language the elders use with their children at homes) are indistinguishable from those of the local Sarawak Malays. This has helped the Malay ...

  4. Melanau language - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanau_language

    Melanau is an Austronesian language spoken in the coastal area of the Rajang delta on northwest Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia and Brunei. There are several dialects—Mukah-Oya, Balingian, Bruit, Dalat, Lawas, Igan, Sarikei, Segahan, Prehan, Segalang, and Siteng.

  5. Iban language - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iban_language

    The Malayic languages originate from western Borneo, [2] [5] thus Iban is closely related to Malay, especially the Sarawakian dialect. [5] Other isolects in the Ibanic group of languages are Sebuyau, Mualang, Kantu, and Seberuang. These groups of languages can be identified by the word-final position in certain lexical forms of /-ai/. These ...

  6. Comparison of Indonesian and Standard Malay - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Indonesian...

    Also, whereas the Indonesian word butuh (from Sundanese ᮘᮥᮒᮥᮂ butuh) means "require" or "need", [43] in Malay, it is a vulgar slang term referring to male genitalia. [44] Conversely, where the word "banci" seems innocuous enough in Malaysia ("census"), [45] in Indonesia it is a derogatory term for "transvestite". [46]

  7. Murut people - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murut_people

    The Murut in Brunei and Sarawak (Southern Murut) is ethnically and linguistically different from Murut in Sabah (Northern Murut). In Sarawak, the confusing term "Murut" is hence replaced with the term "Lun Bawang", while this has not taken place in Brunei. [5] The Northern Murut is more commonly termed "Tagol" or "Tagal" in Brunei and Sarawak.

  8. Malayic languages - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayic_languages

    The two most prominent members of this branch are Indonesian and Malay. Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and has evolved as a standardized form of Malay with distinct influences from local languages and historical factors. [2] [3] Malay, in its various forms, is recognized as a national language in Brunei, Malaysia, and ...

  9. Languages of Malaysia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Malaysia

    Sarawak has not adopted the National Language Act; meanwhile Sabah has amended its constitution to provide for Malay as "the official language of the state cabinet and assembly". [20] English was the predominant language in government until 1969. [9]