Now I shall first discuss the Malay language.

It's actually pretty similar to English, just that the spelling's pretty different.

The 'k' is pronounced as 'c', so 'komputer' is pronounced 'computer' and it IS a computer.

The 'c' sound, on the other hand, is pronounced as 'ch', so 'cuba', which means 'try', is pronounced 'chuba'.

It does look complex at first sight.

I still recall the first time Cikgu Melhan read out a passage to us.


WHY IS HE SPEAKING SO FAST???

DO WE HAVE TO SPEAK THAT FAST TOO???

OH NO I AM GOING TO FAIL MY ORALS!!!

yes, but then we realised

*DUMDUM DA DUM*

Cikgu Melhan is a native speaker. Obviously he speaks extremely fast. But then we stopped marvelling at his prowess and actually focussed on our work.

Generally, I don't see things at first sight. Undoubtedly.

So when I first read from the textbook, I felt that Bahasa Melayu was unbelievably complicated. But that, on second glance, I felt that it bore an odd resemblance to Chinese.

No, I don't mean the characters, but I mean the way each word has its own

MEANING



SIGNIFICANCE



It's like Chinese. Every word has a history behind it. It's not like English, which is a compilation and then modification of all sorts of languages ranging from Greek to Latin to goodness-knows-what.

Each word has its history. It may not be something I'll ever understand in this lifetime, seeing as even native speakers may not know everything, but I'm going to strive for it anyway.

Malay is a different and unique language. It is worth learning. I can feel it.

IN MY BONES :D

Malay refers to a group of languages closely related to each other to the point of mutual intelligibility but that linguists consider to be separate languages. They are grouped into a group called "Local Malay", part of a larger group called "Malayan" within the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.^[2][3][4] The various forms of Malay are spoken in Brunei, Indonesia (where the national language, Indonesian, is one form of it), Malaysia, Singapore, and southern Thailand.^[5]

Malay is an official language of Brunei and Malaysia, and one of the official languages in Singapore. The national language of Indonesia is Indonesian, formally referred to as Bahasa Indonesia which literally translates as "Indonesian language". It is also called Bahasa Kebangsaan (National Language) and Bahasa Persatuan/Pemersatu (Unifying Language) in Indonesia. Indonesian is also used in East Timor, a consequence of more than 20 years of Indonesian military occupation. In Malaysia, the language is now officially known as Bahasa Malaysia ("Malaysian language"), though constitutionally it to be called Bahasa Melayu. Singapore, Brunei and southern Thailand refer to the language as Bahasa Melayu ("Malay language").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language

Thats kinda like a brief summary of the language!

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