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  Malay people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Malays are also linguistically related to the Polynesian and Micronesian groups of the mid-Pacific, as members of the wide ranging Austronesian family of languages.
The Malay ethnic group is the majority in Malaysia and Brunei and a sizeable minority in Singapore and Indonesia.
Malay is the regional lingua franca, and Malay-based pidgins exist in most trading ports in Indonesia (see Malay-based creoles).
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 Malay language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official standard for Malay, as agreed upon by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is Bahasa Riau, the language of the Riau Archipelago, long considered the birthplace of the Malay language.
The language spoken by the Peranakan (Straits Chinese, a hybrid of Chinese settlers from the Ming Dynasty and local Malays) is a unique patois of Malay and the Chinese dialect of Hokkien, which is mostly spoken in the former Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca.
Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language) became the sole official language of Malaysia in 1968, but English is still widely used, especially by the second largest and third largest ethnic groups in Malaysia (Chinese and Indian), and because of its importance as the language of international business, and the situation in Brunei is similar.
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 Malay language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who are native to the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo.
Malay is an agglutinative language, meaning that the meaning of the word can be changed by adding the necessary prefixes or suffixes.
Although this has largely given way to English, Malay still retains the status of national language and the national anthem, Majulah Singapura is entirely in Malay.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Malay_language   (956 words)

  
 Malay-based creoles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manado Malay is another creole which is spoken as a lingua franca, particularly in Manado and Minahasa, North Sulawesi.
Based on Malay and distinct to Kupang Malay.
Malay had been taught in schools and churches in Ambon, since that, Malay has become a lingua franca in Ambon and its surroundings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malay-based_creoles   (1379 words)

  
 MALAY PEOPLE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Malays (Dutch, ''Malayo'', ultimately from Malay: ''Melayu'') are a diverse group of people living in the Malay_archipelago and Malay_peninsula in South_East_Asia.
The term ''Malay'' can refer to the ethnic group who live in the Malay peninsula (which include the southernmost part of Thailand call Patani and Satun) and east Sumatra as well as the cultural sphere that encompass a large part of the archipelago.
Malay is the regional lingua_franca, and Malay-based pidgins exist in most trading ports in Indonesia (see Malay-based_creoles).
www.bellabuds.com /Malay_people   (1180 words)

  
 Creole language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An Arabic-based creole spoken by descendants of Sudanese soldiers mainly in Kenya and Uganda, formed in the nineteenth century from a Sudanese Arabic-based pidgin used for intercommunication among southern Sudanese ethnic groups.
It is a mixture of mainly Malay, Mandarin, Hokkien (a Chinese dialect), Tamil (a south Indian Dravidian language) and British English.
Linguists dispute whether it is a heavily English-influenced Portuguese creole, supported by SIL Surinam and Ian Hancock; or a somewhat Portuguese-influenced English creole; the latter view is supported by Derek Bickerton and John McWhorter.
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Creole_language   (1087 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Malay-people
Generally, the name "Malay" is used to describe all the numerous related groups inhabiting the Malay Archipelago, and which are not of older aboriginal stock.
Malay can refer to: The language of Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu The Old Malay language(s), ancestor(s) of modern Tagalog, Bahasa Melayu, and Bahasa Indonesia The Malay people (Huan-na) Something from or related to Malaysia See also Cape Malays Malay nationalism Communes that begin with Malay in Yonne, France...
Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Malay_people   (4060 words)

  
 Malay language
The language spoken by the Peranakan (Straits Chinese, a hybrid of Chinese settlers from the Ming Dynasty and local Malays) is a unique patois of Malay and the Chinese Dialect of Hokkien, which is mostly spoken in the former Straits Settlements of Penang and Melaka.
In southern provinces of Thailand, Malay is spoken among the people remnant from ancient Malay kingdom called Pattani, but has no official status or recognition.
Malay has also heavily influenced the forms of colloquial English spoken in Singapore, (Singlish) and Malaysia (Manglish).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/malay_language.html   (1623 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Malay language
The Kingdom of Pattani was a Malay state approximately covering the area of the modern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.
Yawi, known as Melayu Pattani in Malay is a Pattani dialect of Malay.
Manado Malay is a language spoken in Manado and the surrounding area.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Malay-language   (2544 words)

  
 Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Pidgins and Creoles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Psycholinguistics: Pidgin and Creole languages  · cached · An introduction to pidgins and creoles.
Pidgin and Creole Languages  · cached · Notes for a course in pidgin and creole languages.
Ditransitive constructions : Creole Languages in a Cross-linguistic Perspective – Susanne Michaelis et Martin Haspelmath  · cached · A comparison transitive verbs in creole and pidgin languages by Susanne Michaelis and Martin Haspelmath.
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 Malay-based creoles -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As the result, for daily speaking Malay has been creolized with many European languages influences (specially (The West Germanic language of the Netherlands) Dutch and (The Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil) Portuguese) as well as local languages surroundings.
Betawian creole begun to be used after 1750 in Batavia, and replaced (Click link for more info and facts about Portuguese creole) Portuguese creole as lingua franca.
Malay had been taught in schools and churches in Ambon, since that, Malay has become a (A common language used by speakers of different languages) lingua franca in Ambon and its surroundings.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Malay-based_creoles.htm   (1666 words)

  
 yax-076   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Chinese and Indian communities there quite clearly needed some smattering of Malay to go about their daily lives, and since the various communities in Singapore were closely connected with their counterparts in Malaya, with a lot of movement between, the use of Malay spread into Singapore as well.
Malay was taught in all schools as a compulsory third language for a while, but by around 1970 as the political scene settled down a bit, it was dropped.
North of the border, Bazaar Malay is being overtaken by proper Malay.
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 Malay-based creoles -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is a creolized-Malay which is spoken in (Capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century) Jakarta -- the modern name of Betawi -- and its surroundings.
While other parts of Flores island tend to speak standard (The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia) Bahasa Indonesia, though in Sikka and some community in Larantuka also speak some (The Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil) Portuguese particularly in religious matters.
Tetum is the official language of (A former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation) East Timor.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/malay-based_creoles.htm   (1666 words)

  
 Articles - Creole language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A Shuwa Arabic-based creole spoken in 23 villages of the Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture in southwestern Chad; the substrate language was Berakou.
Gullah is an English-based creole spoken in the Sea Islands and the adjacent coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida.
This Creole was spoken by the groups of early immigrants from the Western Isles of Scotland (Hebrides) to the Southern states of the USA (The Carolinas, Alabama, Northern Mississippi and Tennessee).
gaple.com /articles/Creole_language?mySession=b5c236b44d3600cc273b2d...   (1199 words)

  
 MALAY-BASED CREOLES FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Betawian creole begun to be used after 1750 in Batavia, and replaced Portuguese_creole as ''lingua franca''.
Manado_Malay is another creole which is spoken as a lingua_franca, particularly in Manado and Minahasa, North_Sulawesi.
There are indigenous languages which were heavily influenced by Malay_language: Tagalog, the basis of Filipino, and Tetum.
www.amysflowershop.com /Malay-based_creoles   (1426 words)

  
 Malay-based creoles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is a creolized-Malay which is spoken in Jakarta and its surroundings.
Actually Baba Malay also spoken in Malaysia eventhough now it's been extinct.
It is a mixture between Malay or Bahasa Indonesia with local Javanese (East Javanese dialect)and Chinese elements (particularly Hakka).
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/malay_based_creoles   (1260 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Malaysia, it is known as Bahasa Melayu (though for a few years it was officially called Bahasa Malaysia) or Malay (formerly, Malaysian) language.
Loan words from Malay in English include 'durian'; 'sarong' 'orangutan' (from orang hutan or 'forest person'); 'amok' ('berserk'), as in 'to run amok'; 'compound' (from kampung or 'village'); and 'paddy', as in 'paddy-field' or 'rice paddy' (from 'padi', referring to the rice plant Oryza sativa).
The term 'bint' for a young woman, from binte ('daughter of', itself a loan word from Arabic) has been in use since 1843 (ie.
www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Malay_language   (995 words)

  
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 Malay Based - Pidgins and Creoles - Natural Languages - Language and Linguistics - Social Sciences - Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bazaar Malay - A description of the sociology of Bazaar Malay.
Shak-yer Sinyor Layla - A description of Shak-yer Sinyor Layla, which is a Baba Malay adaptation of a Malay Syair known variously as the Syair Sinyor Kosta and Syair Silam Bari from 1912.
This directory is based on the contents of the Open Directory Project and has been extended and modified by Netz in Berlin.
www.netz-in-berlin.de /Science/Social_Sciences/Language_and_Linguistics/Natural_Languages/Pidgins_and_Creoles/Malay_Based   (231 words)

  
 Pidgins and Creoles
Ampa Creole - a French-based Creole of Brazil
Papiamentu (a creole language spoken north of Venezuela on Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, islands) based on Portuguese and Spanish, with some Dutch and English influences.
Haitian Creole, a language traced to French, English and African outlaws who came to the Caribbean during the 17th Century.
faculty.miis.edu /~rjourden/sociolinguistics/pidginscreoles.htm   (371 words)

  
 [goa-research-net] Sites on Arabic and Malay creoles
The distinction helps to understand the difference in the economic base of these processes, but it does not necessarily imply that colonization was benevolent as opposed to colonialism.
Goa faced greater social and cultural disturbances during the phase which may be called pre-colonial phase.
As to the suggestion (or provocation?) of Dr. Sergio that Konkani may be a Goan creole, I leave it to more competent people at Thomas Stephen Konkani Kendra and other academic centres in Goa give their studied opinion!
www.mail-archive.com /goa-research-net@goacom.com/msg00110.html   (458 words)

  
 Malay Based
The primary examples are Bazaaar Malay and Baba Malay.
A description of Shak-yer Sinyor Layla, which is a Baba Malay adaptation of a Malay Syair known variously as the Syair Sinyor Kosta and Syair Silam Bari from 1912.
A description of the sociology of Bazaar Malay.
www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Pidgins_and_Creoles/Malay_Based   (118 words)

  
 About the Authors
His focus since beginning fieldwork in Indonesia in 1981 has been on descriptive and comparative studies of the Austronesian and Papuan languages of eastern Indonesia.
He has also done additional work on Malay-based creoles and endangered vernacular languages in the region.
His most in-depth work has been on the Buru language of central Maluku.
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 Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Western: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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The Extent of the Influence of Tamil on the Malay Language: A Comparative Study - Paper on lexicographical influence of Tamil on Malay by T. Wignesan.
Malay Language - A description of Malay, including differences with Indonesian, usage, loan words, and simple phrases.
dmoz.org /Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Austronesian/Malayo-Polynesian/Western/Malay   (151 words)

  
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- A description of the sociology of Bazaar Malay.
- A description of Shak-yer Sinyor Layla, which is a Baba Malay adaptation of a Malay Syair known variously as the Syair Sinyor Kosta and Syair Silam Bari from 1912.
www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Pidgins_and_Creoles/Malay_Based   (92 words)

  
 Articles - Malay people   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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They constitute the dominant ethnic group which live in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines and East Timor, which together with Singapore and the southernmost part of Thailand (Patani) make up what is called the Malay archipelago.
Specifically, this name is also the proper to the subgroup which is native to the eastern part of Sumatra but migrated to the Malay Peninsula and the Riau Archipelago over the past thousand years or so.
lastring.com /articles/Malay_people?mySession=9337e7592c69524b268b95...   (1252 words)

  
 Malay Based - The Science Beat ... Scientific Research, Space, NASA - SearchBeat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Shak-yer Sinyor Layla - A description of Shak-yer Sinyor Layla, which is a Baba Malay adaptation of a famous Malay Syair known variously as the Syair Sinyor Kosta and Syair Silam Bari from 1912.
www.searchbeat.com /Science/SocialSciences/LanguageandLinguistics/NaturalLanguages/PidginsandCreoles/MalayBased   (106 words)

  
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