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Sarawak Malay (Standard Malay: Bahasa Melayu Sarawak or Bahasa Sarawak, Jawi: بهاس ملايو سراوق , Sarawak Malay: Kelakar Sarawak) is a Malayic language native to the State of Sarawak. It is a common language used by natives of Sarawak [ 1 ] and also as the important mother tongue for the Sarawakian Malay people .
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Indonesian and Malaysian Malay both differ in the forms of loanwords used due to division of the Malay Archipelago by the Dutch and the British and their long-lasting colonial influences, as a consequence of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824: Indonesian absorbed primarily Dutch loanwords whereas Malaysian Malay absorbed primarily English words.
The translation of the Bible into the Malay language was one of the first extant translations of the Bible in an East Asian language. [1] Albert Cornelius Ruyl, a Protestant first translated the Gospel of Matthew in 1612 into the Malay. This was followed by the translation of the Gospel of Mark in 1638.
There are no Iban-medium schools in Sarawak. [6] In 2008, Iban was taught as an elective language subject in Malaysian Form 5 secondary schools for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) certificate examination. [2] A survey done in Sarawak in 2008 showed that a total of 367 primary schools and 55 secondary schools have taught the Iban subjects ...
High Malay: Translation of the Matthew. 1832: Thomsen & Burns: High Malay: Translation of the Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. 1835: Emde's New Testament: Low Malay: Translation of the New Testament and Psalms in the Surabaya dialect. 1852: Keasberry's New Testament: High Malay: Translation of the New Testament.
The Melanau–Kajang languages or Central Sarawak languages are a group of languages spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia by the Kenyah, Melanau and related peoples. Classification [ edit ]
The Sa'ban people (also spelled Sa'baan or Saban) are an indigenous ethnic group native to Sarawak, Malaysia and North Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Malaysia, they are classified as part of the Orang Ulu group. With fewer than 3,000 people, the Sa'ban are one of the smallest indigenous groups in Malaysia and Indonesia.