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  2. Pantun - Wikipedia

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    Pantun (Jawi: ڤنتون ‎) is a Malayic oral poetic form used to express intricate ideas and emotions. [1] It generally consists of even-numbered lines [2] and based on ABAB rhyming schemes. [3] The shortest pantun consists of two lines better known as the pantun dua kerat in Malay, while the longest pantun, the pantun enam belas kerat have ...

  3. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    Malay as spoken in Malaysia (Bahasa Melayu) and Singapore, meanwhile, have more borrowings from English [1]. There are some words in Malay which are spelled exactly the same as the loan language, e.g. in English – museum (Indonesian), hospital (Malaysian), format, hotel, transit etc.

  4. Pantoum - Wikipedia

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    Structure. The pantoum is a form of poetry similar to a villanelle in that there are repeating lines throughout the poem. It is composed of a series of quatrains; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next stanza. The pattern continues for any number of stanzas, except for the final stanza ...

  5. Help:IPA/Malay - Wikipedia

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    Help:IPA/Malay. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Malay in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing on the first.

  6. Culture of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Malay poetry is highly developed, and uses many forms. [39] A Hikayat is a traditional narrative, and stories written in that fashion are named using Hikayat followed by the name(s) of the protagonist(s). The pantun is a form of poetry used in many aspects of Malay culture.

  7. List of English words of Malay origin - Wikipedia

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    The English word 'gibbon' is said to be a reborrowing from French, and folk etymology (cf. Gibbon (surname)) [ 44 ] originally from an Orang Asli word, probably via a Malay intermediary. [ 45 ] Gingham. a cotton fabric, usually woven of two coloured yarns in a checked or striped design.

  8. Malay phonology - Wikipedia

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    This article explains the phonology of Malay and Indonesian based on the pronunciation of Standard Malay, which is the official language of Brunei and Singapore, "Malaysian" of Malaysia, and Indonesian the official language of Indonesia and a working language in Timor Leste. There are two main standards for Malay pronunciation, the Johor-Riau ...

  9. Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    IPA/Hindi and Urdu. < Help:IPA. This is the for transcriptions of Hindi and Urdu on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hindi and Urdu in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link ...