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Malay orthography. The modern Malay or Indonesian alphabet ( Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore: Tulisan Rumi, lit. 'Roman script / Roman writing', Indonesian: Aksara Latin, lit. 'Latin script') consists of the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. [1]
The Malay alphabet has a phonemic orthography; words are spelled the way they are pronounced, with few exceptions like the distinctions between /ə/ and /e/ where it is both written as E/e.
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Malay ( / məˈleɪ / mə-LAY; [9] Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.
Nhóm ngôn ngữ Mã Lai (Malay) là một nhánh của ngữ tộc Mã Lai-Đa Đảo thuộc ngữ hệ Nam Đảo. Thành viên nổi bật nhất là tiếng Mã Lay chuẩn, ngôn ngữ quốc gia của Brunei, Singapore và Malaysia, và cũng là cơ sở cho tiếng Indonesia, ngôn ngữ quốc gia của Indonesia.
Jul 7, 2020 · Jawi is the orthography in which Malay has been written since the Middle Ages, when it was adapted from the Arabic script. Introduced by Muslim traders, it was adapted to Malay phonology using diacritics that modified six letters.
Malay, a language spoken by 250 million people, has a shallow alphabetic orthography, simple syllable structures, and transparent affixation—characteristics that contrast sharply with those of English.
