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The official language of Malaysia is the "Malay language" [5] (Bahasa Melayu) which is sometimes interchangeable with "Malaysian language" (Bahasa Malaysia). [6] The standard language is promoted as a unifying symbol for the nation across all ethnicities, linked to the concept of Bangsa Malaysia (lit. 'Malaysian Nation').
Malaysia is a multi–ethnic, multicultural, and multilingual society, and the many ethnic groups in Malaysia maintain separate cultural identities. [5] The society of Malaysia has been described as "Asia in miniature". [6] The original culture of the area stemmed from its indigenous tribes, along with the Malays who moved there in ancient times.
The most spoken language families on the continent include Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Japonic, Dravidian, Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Turkic, Sino-Tibetan, Kra–Dai and Koreanic. Many languages of Asia, such as Chinese, Persian, Sanskrit, Arabic, Tamil or Telugu, have a long history as a written language.
Mak yong is a traditional form of dance-drama from northern Malaysia, particularly the state of Kelantan. Dondang Sayang: 2018 01410: Dondang Sayang is a traditional form of entertainment where singers exchange extemporaneous Malay poetry, in a lighthearted and sometimes humorous style. Silat: 2019 01504: Silat is a class of martial arts ...
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 ...
Malay children dressed for Hari ... was the tallest building in Southeast Asia. (from History of Malaysia) ... with other languages. (from Culture of Malaysia
Category: Culture of Malaysia. ... Cultural history of Malaysia (3 C, 7 P) I. Iban-language culture (1 C, 1 P) L. Languages of Malaysia (10 C, 154 P) M.
Bah-Biau Punan language; Bahasa Istana; Bahasa Rojak; Bahau language; Banjarese language; Batek language; Belait language; Berawan language; Biatah language; Bible translations into the languages of Indonesia and Malaysia; Bintulu language; Bonggi language; Bookan language; British and Malaysian English differences; Brunei Bisaya language ...