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  2. 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.

  3. Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Malay (/ m ə ˈ l eɪ / mə-LAY; [9] Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

  4. Help:IPA/Malay - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Malay on Wikipedia. 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.

  5. Pahang Malay - Wikipedia

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    Pahang Malay is known for its sharp rise and fall of tone and quick flowing accent. It exhibits a number of differences from the Standard Malay, particularly in phonology and vocabulary. [3] Even though it shares many similarities with standard Malay, the dialect in its purest form remains unintelligible to standard Malay speakers.

  6. Sambas Malay - Wikipedia

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    The Sambas Malay language encompasses several dialects, notably the 'e' and 'o' dialects. The differences in these dialects primarily lies in the phonology. The Malay spoken in the town of Sambas closely resembles the dialect spoken in Ngabang in Landak Regency, the Dayak Nyaduʼ language, and Pontianak Malay.

  7. Penang Hokkien - Wikipedia

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    Note: The change from final -l in Standard Malay to -i is a general feature of Penang Malay, the local variety from which Penang Hokkien borrows. This phonological change can be seen in other loanwords from Penang Malay, e.g. sām-bai 參峇 (sambal). ou [ou] 大佬 tāi-lôu: Used in Cantonese and Teochew loanwords.

  8. Malay orthography - Wikipedia

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    The Malay alphabet has a phonemic orthography; words are spelled the way they are pronounced, with a notable defectiveness: /ə/ and /e/ are both written as E/e.The names of the letters, however, differ between Indonesia and rest of the Malay-speaking countries; while Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore follow the letter names of the English alphabet, Indonesia largely follows the letter names of ...

  9. 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 ...