As the Bahasa Kebangsaan or Bahasa Nasional ( National Language ) of several states, Standard Malay has various official names.

* Malay ( Special Programme ), a Third Language programme offered by the Ministry of Education ( Singapore )

Bonus points are capped at 4, except for those applying to schools offering Chinese Language Elective Programme ( CLEP ) or Malay Language Elective Programme ( MLEP ).

* Malay Language / B ( H1, H2 )

* Malay Language and Literature ( H2 )

The dialects group generally into ( a ) the Western-Central-Cape York dialects, where the Western and Central Language of Torres Strait ( Kala Lagaw Ya ) has a strong influence ( an influence which is also ' over-powering ' other sub-strata influences ), ' TI ' Brokan, with a strong Malay / Indonesian-Filipino-European influence, Eastern Brokan, with a strong South Seas and Meriam Mìr influence, and Papuan, with strong influences from Kiwai, Motu and ( now ) Tok Pisin.

Parliament subsequently enacted the National Language Acts 1963 / 67 which provided that the Malay language shall be used for all official purposes.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, the national university of Malaysia was born from the aspirations of the nationalists to uphold the Malay Language as a language of knowledge.

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka ( Malay for The Institute of Language and Literature ) ( abbreviated DBP ) is the government body responsible for coordinating the use of the Malay language in Malaysia and Brunei.

During the Kongres Bahasa dan Persuratan Melayu III ( The Third Malay Literary and Language Congress ) which was held between September 16 and 21, 1956 in both Singapore and Johor Bahru, Balai Pustaka was renamed Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

* The S3 faculty has Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry as their three basic subjects, and a choice of Arts or Humanities subjects ( English Literature, History, Geography, Economics, Art, Chinese / Tamil / Malay Language and Literature, Theater Studies and Drama or General Studies in Chinese ) as their H1 / H2 content subject.

* Bachelor of Teachership ( Malay Language ) with Honours

It is adapted from American Sign Language, with the addition of some local signs, and grammatical signs representing affixation of nouns and verbs as used in Malay.

* The Extent of the Influence of Tamil on the Malay Language: A Comparative Study – Dr. T. Wignesan ( This paper was given at the VIIIth World Tamil Studies Congress, held in the Tamil University in Tanjavur, India, on December – January 1994-95 Now published in the critical collection: T. Wignesan.

* Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka ( Institute of Language and Literature Malaysia, in Malay only )

The old ruler was the creator and author of the first Malay Language grammar book, which is a rich legacy of the Riau sultanate.

Bukit in the Malay Language means " hill " and Panjang means " long ".

In Singapore, the varieties of roti prata are named mostly in English, such as egg prata, cheese prata or onion prata, whereas in Malaysia they are commonly named in the Malay Language, such as roti telur for " egg prata ".

The college is only one of two colleges that offers the Malay Language Elective Programme.

The mother tongue reflects the cultural and ethnic identity or in recent times, the linguistic curiosity of the students, e. g. Malay and Indian students who opt to study Mandarin as second Language in Singapore.

It is compulsory to take a second language where all Singaporean students have to take their mother tongue either at Express, Higher or Language ' B ' level ( Chinese, Malay and Tamil ) unless exempted in which they have to take the language at Mother Tongue ' B ' Level or another language at IGCSE level.

The subjects it offers are Additional Mathematics, Art And Design, Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, Combined Humanities ( S, G ), Combined Humanities ( S, H ), Design & Technology, English Language, Food & Nutrition ( Home Economic ), Higher Chinese, Literature ( E ), Malay, Mathematics, Physics, Science ( Chem, Bio ), Science ( Phy, Chem ), Tamil, Technical Studies

* Malay language (" Bahasa Melayu "), the macro-language of Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, lingua franca of the Malay Archipelago

* Bahasa Melayu, it is ' Malay language ' when translated to English.

* Old Malay language ( s ), possible ancestor ( s ) of Bahasa Melayu

In Singapore and Brunei it is called Bahasa Melayu ( Malay language ); in Malaysia, Bahasa Malaysia ( Malaysian language ); and in Indonesia, Bahasa Indonesia ( Indonesian language ) and is designated the Bahasa Persatuan / Pemersatu (" unifying language / lingua franca ").

Indonesia pronounced " Riau " ( Malacca – Johor ) Malay its official language ( Bahasa Indonesia ) when it gained independence.

In Malaysia, the 1957 Article 152 of the Federation adopted Johor ( Malacca ) Malay as the official language ( Bahasa Malaysia ).

They speak the Patani Malay language, which differs from the Bahasa Malay predominantly by means of actively used vocabulary and also in pronunciation.

* Sakai ( Malaysian word ), a word translated from Malay ( Bahasa Malayu ) to Chinese slang

The word Buginese derives from the word Bahasa Bugis in Malay.

It is also pronounced as " Rizwan " or " Rizvan " or " Ridvan " or " Rıdvan " in Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu, Bahasa Indonesia, Malay, Pashto, Tajik, Punjabi, Kashmiri, and other languages heavily influenced by Persian.

Gopeng and its surrounding population is also known for an extremely high concentration of Rao people, with its famous Rao Dialect ( Chakok Rao ), the Adet Bojojak ( Adat Berjejak in standard Bahasa Melayu ), the Kelamei ( a type of Rao distinctive cuisine ) and the all time favourite, Gulei Nangko ( Gulai Nangka or Nangka Masak Lemak in standard Malay ).

The local name of the language is Bahasa Manado, and the name Minahasa Malay is also used, after the main ethnic group speaking the language.

She is fluent in her native tongue of Bahasa Dusun as well as English and Malay.

According to the Sejarah Melayu (" Malay Annals "), the Khmer prince Raja Ganji Sarjuna founded the kingdom of Gangga Negara ( modern-day Beruas, Perak ) in the 700s.

The idea of uniting former British and Dutch colonial possessions in Southeast Asia actually have its roots in early 20th century, as the concept of Greater Malay ( Melayu Raya ) was coined in British Malaya espoused by students and graduates of Sultan Idris Training College for Malay Teachers in the late 1920s.

The Malay term Tanah Melayu ( literally: ' The Malay Land ') is generally used by the Malays and occasionally used in political discourse to describe uniting all ethnic Malay people on the peninsula under one Malay nation, although this ambition was largely realised with the creation of Malaysia.

However, the prospect that the PAP might rule Malaysia agitated UMNO and the Malay nationalist belief in Ketuanan Melayu.

Abu Sujak declared the vision of making Shah Alam a modern city with a unique identity of " Bandaraya Melayu " or Malay City, showcasing the achievements of the Malay race in all sectors.

The Malay variant ( worn in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and parts of Indonesia ( especially in Sumatera and Kalimantan ) is known as the Baju Melayu, shirt worn with a sarong known as kain samping or songket and a headwear known as songkok.

The word Melayu means Malay and came from the Sanskrit term Malaiur or Malayadvipa which can be translated as “ mountain insular continent ”, the word used by ancient Indian traders when referring to the Malay Peninsula.

From these ancient Malay city-states, the earliest forms of silat Melayu were developed and eventually used in the armed forces to defend the land.

As a result of their experience in wars, commanders of Champa are known to have been held in high esteem by the Malay kings for their knowledge in silat and for being highly skilled in the art of war, as mentioned in the Sejarah Melayu ( Malay Annals ).

* The baju Melayu, meaning " Malay clothes " is the male shirt but is also worn by female silat exponents.

The martial art of silat Melayu developed in the Malay peninsula since the beginning of common era also popular in Malaysia, while essentially still important as a branch of the self defence form.

Some of Indonesian pop bands are rekindle with their Malay roots and revived a genre called " Band Pop Melayu " ( Pop Malay Band ) and popular in late 2000s.