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  2. Tawi-Tawi - Wikipedia

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    The province was named after its main island, which at 580.5 km 2 (224.1 sq mi) accounts for a little more than half the province's 1,087.40 km 2 (419.85 sq mi) land area. . Tawi-Tawi is the Sinama form of jawi-jawi, Malay for the banyan tree; [5] the island is known for having an abundance of this tre

  3. Terengganu Inscription Stone - Wikipedia

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    Terengganu Inscription Stone (Malay: Batu Bersurat Terengganu; Jawi: باتو برسورت ترڠݢانو ‎) is a granite stele [1] carrying Classical Malay inscription in Jawi script that was found in Terengganu, Malaysia. [2] The inscription, dated possibly to 702 AH (corresponds to 1303 CE), constituted the earliest evidence of Jawi ...

  4. Cham Jawi - Wikipedia

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    Vowels. Compared to Malay, the language of the parent script of Cham Jawi, Cham has a richer and larger family of vowels. Malay Jawi, like the Arabic script itself, is an impure Abjad, meaning that most, but not all, vowels are unwritten. In Cham Jawi, the emphasis has been to write most vowels, and to differentiate between them.

  5. Jawi script - Wikipedia

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    Jawi (جاوي‎; Acehnese: Jawoë; Kelantan-Pattani: Yawi; Malay pronunciation: [d͡ʒä.wi]) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese, Magindanawn, Malay, Mëranaw, Minangkabau, Tausūg, and Ternate. Jawi is based on the Arabic script, consisting of all 31 original Arabic letters, six letters ...

  6. Malay orthography - Wikipedia

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    The Malay alphabet has a phonemic orthography; words are spelled the way they are pronounced, with a notable defectiveness: /ə/ and /e/ are both written as E/e.The names of the letters, however, differ between Indonesia and rest of the Malay-speaking countries; while Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore follow the letter names of the English alphabet, Indonesia largely follows the letter names of ...

  7. Jawi - Wikipedia

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    Jawi (Javanese: ꦗꦮꦶ, romanized: jawi), a Javanese Krama (polite Javanese) word to refer to Java Island or Javanese people; see Jawi script § Etymology. Jawi script, an Arabic script developed for writing Malay and other languages in Southeast Asia. Kelantan-Pattani Malay, sometimes called Jawi due to being written in Jawi script.

  8. Jawi dialect - Wikipedia

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    Jawi [2] or Djawi [1] [3] [4] or Djaui, [2] is a nearly extinct dialect of the Bardi language of Western Australia, the traditional language of the Jawi people. There are no longer any known fluent speakers, but there may be some partial speakers. [5] The name has also been spelt Chowie, Djaoi, Djau, Dyao, and Dyawi.

  9. Malays (ethnic group) - Wikipedia

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    Malays (ethnic group) A Malay couple in traditional attire after their akad nikah (marriage solemnisation) ceremony. The groom is wearing a baju melayu paired with songkok and songket, while the bride wears baju kurung with a tudong. The Malay tricolour embodies the philosophy of Kemelayuan.