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  2. History of the Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, although the earliest evidence of Classical Malay had been found in the Malay Peninsula from 1303, Old Malay remained in use as a written language in Sumatra right up to the end of the 14th century, evidenced from Bukit Gombak inscription dated 1357 [11] and Tanjung Tanah manuscript of Adityavarman era (1347–1375). Later research ...

  3. List of languages by first written account - Wikipedia

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    Old Japanese: mokkan wooden tablets [98] Poems in the Kojiki (711–712) and Nihon Shoki (720) have been transmitted in copied manuscripts. c. 650–700: Old Udi: Sinai palimpsest M13: c. 683: 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 ...

  4. Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Old Malay is believed to be the actual ancestor of Classical Malay. [16] Old Malay was influenced by Sanskrit, the classical language of India. Sanskrit loan words can be found in Old Malay vocabulary. The earliest known stone inscription in the Old Malay language was found in Sumatra, Indonesia, written in the Pallava variety of the Grantha ...

  5. Jawi script - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia, having multiple regional and native languages, uses the Latin script for writing its own standard of Malay in general. Nonetheless, the Jawi script does have a regional status in native Malay areas such as Riau, Riau archipelago, Jambi, South Sumatra (i.e Palembang Malay language), Aceh, and Kalimantan (i.e. Banjar language).

  6. Kawi script - Wikipedia

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    It records the date of granting of the document being on the 4th of Krishna Paksha (black lunar side), month of Vaishakha, Shaka year 822, corresponding to 21 April 900, [10] and is written in Old Malay containing numerous Sanskrit terms and some Old Javanese and Old Tagalog terms and toponyms. [11] [full citation needed]

  7. Malay - Wikipedia

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    Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century; Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia; Malaysian Malay, the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia

  8. Malayic languages - Wikipedia

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    The two most prominent members of this branch are Indonesian and Malay. Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and has evolved as a standardized form of Malay with distinct influences from local languages and historical factors. [2] [3] Malay, in its various forms, is recognized as a national language in Brunei, Malaysia, and ...

  9. Malay Indonesians - Wikipedia

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    It is a small stone of 45 by 80 cm. It is written in Old Malay, a possible ancestor of today's Malay language and its variants. Most Malay languages and dialects spoken in Indonesia are mutually unintelligible with Standard Indonesian.