Malay (Bahasa Melayu /
)
Malay is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand. The total number of speakers of Standard Malay is about 18 million. There are also about 170 million people who speak Indonesian, which is a form of Malay. The earliest known inscriptions in Malay were found in southern Sumatra and on the island of Bangka and date from 683-6 AD. They were written in an Indian script during the time of the kingdom of Srivijaya. When Islam arrived in southeast Asia during the 14th century, the Arabic the Arabic script was adapted to write the Malay language. In the 17th century, under influence from the Dutch and British, the Arabic script was replaced by the Latin alphabet.
Arabic alphabet for Malay (Jawi /
Numerals
)
Latin alphabet for Malay (Tulisan Rumi)
Aa e
Bb bi
Jj je
si
Ss
Ll el
Tt ti
Dd di
Kk ke
es
Cc
i
Uu
Nn en
Vv vi
Ff ef
Mm em
yu
Ee
ji
dabel
Pp pi
Xx eks
Yy wai
yu A recording of the Malay al phabet by Ng Kiat Quan Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_alphabet
Malay pronunciation
Notes
a = [ə] at the ends of words, [a/ɑ] elsewhere
v and x are only used in loanwords.
q is used in Arabic loanwords.
i and u are [e] and [o] respectively in close positions, such as ih, ik.
Information about Malay alphabets and pronunciation provided by
Sample text in Malay (Latin alphabet)
Hh hec
Oo ou
Ww
Gg
Qq kiu
Zz zed
Ii ai
Rr ar
Semua manusia dilahirkan bebas dan samarata dari segi kemuliaan dan hak-hak. Mereka mempunyai pemikiran dan perasaan hati dan hendaklah bertindak di antara satu sama lain dengan semangat persaudaraan. A recording of this text
Sample text in Malay (Jawi alphabet)
Translation All human beings are born fr ee and equal in dignity and rights. T hey are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Information about Malay | Malay phrases | Malay numbers | Tower of Babel in Malay | Malay learning materials
Links Information about the Malay language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/malaysia.html Online Malay lessons http://malay.pgoh13.com/ http://www.bahasa-malaysia-simple-fun.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMtJYGHsg4E Malay phrases http://mcs-bristol.tripod.com/learnmalay.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUo5QhbQ67c http://linguanaut.com/english_malay.htm http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g293951-s604/Malaysia:Important.Phrases.html http://www.expatypus.com/wiki/malay-language-bahasa-malaysia http://www.digitaldialects.com/Malay/Phrases.htm http://www.voyage99.com/useful-phrases.html Online Malay dictionaries http://kamus.lamanmini.com
http://pgoh13.com/dictionary.php http://www.lexilogos.com/english/malay_dictionary.htm http://www.stars21.com/dictionary/English-Malay_dictionary.html http://www-clips.imag.fr/geta/services/dicoweb/dicoweb.html http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~qntal/dictionary/ http://www.dictionary.tamilcube.com/malay_dictionary.aspx Free Jawi fonts and software http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/ahcen/proudfoot/mmp/cara.html
Malayo-Polynesian languages Acehnese, Ajië, Aklan, Anutan, Balinese, Batak, Bikol, Bugis, Buhid, Bushi, Cebuano, Cham,Chamorro, C huukese, CiaCia, Cuyonon, Dawan, Drehu, Fijian, Filipino, Futunan, Hanuno'o,Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Iban, Iloko, Indon esian, Javanese, Kadazandusun, Kapampangan,Kiribati, Madurese, Makasarese, Malagasy, Malay, Man dar , Maori, Maranao, Marshallese,Minangkabau, Moriori, Nauruan, Ndrumbea, Nias, Paamese, Paicî , Pal auan, Pangasinan,Pohnpeian, Raga, Rapa Nui, Rarotongan, Rejang, Rotuman, Sakao, Samoan, Central Sinama,Sundanese, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tahitian, Tausūg, Tetum, Tokelauan, Tongan, TorajaSa'dan, Tuvaluan, Waray-Waray, Xârâcùù, Yapese, Other languages written with the: Arabic script | Latin alphabet
Learn Chinese Characters with the Omniglot Chinese app | Language Jobs at Jobseeker.co.uk Hosted by Kualo Home | News | Writing systems | Con-scripts | Languages | Useful phrases | Language learning | Articles | Multilingual pages |Book store | Puzzles | Gallery | Links | FAQs | About | Sitemap | Search | Contact Blog | Forum | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Google+ | How you can contribute to Omniglot Copyright 1998-2014 Simon Ager
