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  2. 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 ...

  3. Malay language - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Malay language can be divided into five periods: Old Malay, the Transitional Period, the Classical Malay, Late Modern Malay and Modern Malay. Old Malay is believed to be the actual ancestor of Classical Malay. [18] Old Malay was influenced by Sanskrit, the classical language of India. Sanskrit loan words can be found in Old ...

  4. List of languages by first written account - Wikipedia

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    Old Malay: Kedukan Bukit Inscription [99] 7th century: Bailang: commentary on the Book of the Later Han by Li Xian citing the mostly lost Dongguan Hanji [100] 7th century: Tumshuqese and Khotanese Saka: manuscripts mainly from Dunhuang [101] Some fragments of Khotanese Saka have been dated to the 5th and 6th centuries 7th century: Beja ...

  5. Malays (ethnic group) - Wikipedia

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    The Malay language is one of the most prominent languages of the world, especially of the Austronesian family. Variants and dialects of Malay are used as an official language in Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. The language is also spoken in southern Thailand, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Sri Lanka.

  6. Zainal Abidin Ahmad (writer) - Wikipedia

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    He modernised the Malay language with the publication of a series of grammar books entitled Pelita Bahasa in 1936 at the Sultan Idris Training College. The book contained guidelines in modernising the structure of classical Malay , transforming it into the language that is in use today: the most significant change was the switch from the ...

  7. Kota Kapur inscription - Wikipedia

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    Old Malay Kota Kapur Inscription is an inscription discovered on the western coast of Bangka Island , off coast South Sumatra , Indonesia , by J.K. van der Meulen in December 1892. It was named after the village of the same name which is the location where these archaeological findings were discovered.

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  9. Comparison of Indonesian and Standard Malay - Wikipedia

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    [11] [12] The term "Malay language" (Bahasa Melayu) in Indonesia and Malaysia invites different perceptions from its respective people. [13] To Malaysians, the Malay language is generally understood as the national language of Malaysia, with Malaysian language (Bahasa Malaysia) being a precise appellation for the Malay variety used in the ...