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  2. Proto-Malay - Wikipedia

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    The term Proto-Malay, primeval Malays, proto-Hesperonesians, first-wave Hesperonesians or primeval Hesperonesians, which translates to Melayu Asli (aboriginal Malay) or Melayu Purba (ancient Malay) or Melayu Tua (old Malay), [5] refers to Austronesian speakers who moved from mainland Asia, to the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BCE ...

  3. History of the Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Malayic is the language believed to have existed in prehistoric times, spoken by the early Austronesian settlers in the region. Its ancestor, the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language that derived from Proto-Austronesian, began to break up by at least 2000 BCE as a result possibly by the southward expansion of Austronesian peoples into the Philippines, Borneo, Maluku and Sulawesi from the ...

  4. Proto-Malayic language - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Malayic is a reconstructed proto-language of the Malayic languages, which are nowadays widespread throughout Maritime Southeast Asia.Like most other proto-languages, Proto-Malayic was not attested in any prior written work.

  5. Malaysian Malays - Wikipedia

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    Malay is the national language, and the most commonly spoken language in Malaysia, where it is estimated that 20 percent of all native speakers of Malay live. [34] The terminology as per federal government policy is Bahasa Malaysia (literally "Malaysian language") [ 35 ] but in the federal constitution continues to refer to the official ...

  6. Jakun people - Wikipedia

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    Jakun people or Orang Ulu/Orang Hulu (meaning "people of the upstream") are an ethnic group recognised as Orang Asli (indigenous people) of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia. The Malaysian government recognises 18 different sub-groups of Orang Asli , including three broad divisions: the Negrito ( Semang ), Senoi and aboriginal Malays ( Proto-Malay ).

  7. Aslian languages - Wikipedia

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    The extinct Kenaboi language of Negeri Sembilan also contains many words of unknown origin in addition to words of Austroasiatic and Austronesian origin. Sidwell (2023) proposed that Proto-Aslian had arrived in the Malay Peninsula from the Gulf of Thailand region prior to Mon dominance , and was part of an early southern dispersal that also ...

  8. List of proto-languages - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Below is a partial list of proto-languages that have been reconstructed ...

  9. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is by far the largest branch (by current speakers) of the Austronesian language family. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is ancestral to all Austronesian languages spoken outside Taiwan , as well as the Yami language on Taiwan's Orchid Island .