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Are Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia the same?
In Malaysia, Malay is the national language, while in Indonesia it is only a regional language spoken by Malay speakers in West Kalimantan and Sumatra’s east coast. Formerly, Malay was called Bahasa Malaysia. Therefore, when you speak about Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Melayu, you refer to the same language.
What does Nya mean in Indonesian?
In bahasa Indonesia, suffix -nya has unique functions. It can serve as a third person possessive pronoun ‘dia’, ‘the’, or to relate to the previous subject of conversation. 1. As a third person pronoun and possessive pronoun, -nya is equivalent to him/his; her; it/its; them/their.
What is Nya in Malay?
(dative) to him, to her, to it. (objective after preposition) him, her, it. (accusative) him, her, it. his, her, its (attributive: belonging to him / her / it)
Is Bahasa a Malay?
Malay (/məˈleɪ/; Malay: bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو, Rejang: ꤷꥁꤼ ꤸꥍꤾꤿꥈ) is an Austronesian language officially spoken in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore and unofficially spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand….Malay language.
| Malay | |
|---|---|
| Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو ꤷꥁꤼ ꤸꥍꤾꤿꥈ | |
| Pronunciation | [ba.ha.sa mə.la.ju] |
What is the difference between Kalau Yang and bahwa?
‘Kalau’ means if. “Yang” is “which” but without a comma in front of “which”. “Yang” preceeded by comma is “which” with a comma in front of “which” . According to “serching for structure: the problem of complementation in colloquial indonesian conversation”, bahwa is almost can be omitted.
What is the official name of the Indonesian language?
The Indonesian name for the language (bahasa Indonesia) is also occasionally found in English and other languages.
Is Malay a dominant language in the Indonesian archipelago?
When the Dutch East India Company (VOC) first arrived in the archipelago, the Malay language was a significant trading and political language due to the influence of Malaccan Sultanate and later the Portuguese. However, the language had never been dominant among the population of the Indonesian archipelago as it was limited to mercantile activity.
What is the oldest written Malay language in Indonesia?
Kedukan Bukit Inscription, written in Pallava script, is the oldest surviving specimen of the Old Malay language in South Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesian is a standardized register of “Riau Malay”, which despite its common name is not the Malay dialect native to the Riau Islands, but rather the Classical Malay of the Malaccan royal courts.