INTRODUCTION 2

1. PRONUNCIATION

The vowels and consonants mostly remain the same. For example in vowel U (( untuk ~ for ))  (( ular ~ snake )) are pronounced the same unlike in English, for example (( put, but, pure ))  the vowel U are read differently.

2. TENSES

Verbs are not inflected for person or number, and they are not marked for tense. Tense is instead denoted by time adverbs such as (( kelmarin ~ yesterday )) or by other tense indicators such as (( sudah ~ already )) and (( belum ~ not yet )) . On the other hand, there is a complex system of verb affixes to render nuances of meaning and to denote voice or intentional and accidental moods.

3. PLURALITY

There is no grammatical plural in Malay. You only need to repeat the word e.g. (( anak ~ child )) ~ (( anak-anak ~ children )), (( buku - book )) ~ (( buku-buku ~ books )). If you want to count something, you simply need to put the number without repeating the word e.g (( satu kerusi ~ one chair )) ~ (( lima kerusi ~ five chairs )).

4. GENDER

There is no grammatical gender and there are only a few words that use natural gender; the same word is used for he and she or for his and her. Gender does not give any change in verb formation.

5. WORD ORDER

Neutral word order in Malay is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) like in English. However, other word orders are possible, depending on emphasis and style.

Refferences ;

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://malay.pgoh13.com/ 

http://aboutworldlanguages.com

INTRODUCTION 1

Malay is a national language of Malaysia. It is not only spoken in Malaysia but is also widely spoken in Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and Southern Thailand. Indonesia has its own standard meanwhile Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore generally use the same standard. The extent to which Malay is used in these countries varies depending on historical and cultural circumstances. 

In Malaysia, the language is known as Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Malaysia. Since 1968, Standard Malay is the official language of Malaysia along with English and Mandarin Chinese and Tamil.  However, the language of wider communication is colloquial Malay. As a vestige of colonization, English is still considered a prestigious language among the educated classes. It continues to be used in the majority of institutions of higher education. However, Malay is officially the medium of scientific, administrative, legal and other official matters.

The language is characterized by significant differences between formal and informal registers. The formal register is used in public speeches, formal writing, and in educational settings. It is characterized by a significant number of borrowings from Sanskrit, Arabic and other foreign languages. It is referred to as Standard Malay.

The informal register is used in everyday conversations. It is characterized by a significant number of borrowings from local languages. It is referred to as colloquial, or informal, Malay.There are few first-language speakers of Standard Malay, most people learn it as a second dialect.

Malay is an agglutinative language, and new words are formed by three methods: attaching affixes onto a root word (affixation), formation of a compound word (composition), or repetition of words or portions of words (reduplication).

Refferences ;

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://malay.pgoh13.com/

http://aboutworldlanguages.com