Wallace did extensive fieldwork, first in the Amazon River basin and then in the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the Wallace Line that divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts, one in which animals closely related to those of Australia are common, and one in which the species are largely of Asian origin.

Although Afrikaans adopted words from languages such as Malay, Portuguese, the Bantu languages, and the Khoisan languages, an estimated 90 to 95 percent of Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately of Dutch origin.

It has been noted that the likely origin of the word comes specifically from the Banjarese variety of Malay.

In addition, as a legacy of Indonesian rule, other words of Malay origin have entered Tetum, through Indonesian.

The silat tradition has deep roots in Malay culture and can trace its origin to the dawn of Malay civilization, 2000 years ago.

The origin of the name Selangor is lost in history, although some sources claim the name to have come from the Malay word selangau, ' a large fly ', most probably due to the abundance of flies in the marshes along the Selangor River in the state's northwest.

The bulk of the population are of Malay origin.

It was written in the Kawi script in a variety of Old Malay containing numerous loanwords from Sanskrit and a few non-Malay vocabulary elements whose origin is ambiguous between Old Javanese and Old Tagalog.

Popular theories on the origin of the name are that it was derived from the Mon-Khmer word Klong or from the old meaning of the Malay word Kilang meaning " warehouses ", given that it was full of warehouses in the old days ( kilang currently means " factory ").

Sitiawan, Malaysia ( alternate spelling: Setiawan ; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of Setia Kawan, meaning " Loyal Friend ") is a region in the Manjung district of Perak, Malaysia.

Congkak ( Jawi: چوڠكق ;) or Congklak is a mancala game of Malay origin played in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand, and some parts of Sumatra and Borneo.

Koeksisters are of the Cape Malay origin.

The term tombak is derived from tembaga, an Indonesian ( erroneously termed Malay ) word of Javanese origin meaning copper.

Many Southeast Asian restaurants in Hong Kong offer char kway teow as a Malay specialty although it is of Southeast Asian Chinese origin.

In the three Southernmost border provinces, the vast majority of the local Muslim population is predominantly Malay in origin.

The high number of Malay origin inhabitants in the Southern region is due the historical nature of the area, which was once known as the Pattani Kingdom, an Islamic Malay kingdom established in the nineteenth century, but later annexed to Siam ( the older name of Thailand ).

It has inscribed on it a date of Saka era 822, corresponding to May 10, 900 AD, and is written in Old Malay containing numerous loanwords from Sanskrit and a few non-Malay vocabulary elements whose origin is ambiguous between Old Javanese and Old Tagalog.

It also may refer to any Malay origin people living on coastal islands, including those of Andaman Sea islands in Thailand and Burma, commonly known as Moken.

The majority of the population are Islamic, mainly of Javanese and Malay origin.

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San Fernando begun sometime in 12th century when settlers of Malay stock and origin descendants of the Shri-Vishayan empire in Palembang, Sumatra chooses to settle in the southeastern coast of the Island, according to one local writer.

The use of old Malay has sparked the speculation of Sumatran origin or Srivijayan connection of this family, on the other hand the use of old Javanese suggested their firm political establishment on Java.

The Malaysian Indian variety of the sambal tends to be a bit more spicy, and the Malay sambal in a nasi lemak tends to be a bit sweeter.

In certain parts of Kuala Lumpur, some Malaysian Chinese and Malay hawkers also offer vegetarian nasi lemak in which the dried anchovies is substituted with vegetarian mock anchovies.

* Omelet rice: also known as omurice in Japanese or nasi pattaya in Malay, it is fried rice wrapped inside the egg omelet.

Some cooks may add coconut milk to the rice, reminiscent of the Malay dish nasi lemak.

Some of the more common foods that can be seen in kopi tiams, besides the ever-popular eggs and toast, consist of char kway tiao ( fried hor fun, sometimes cooked with eggs and cockles ), Hokkien mee ( mee noodles served with various seafoods as well as egg ) and, possibly the most common, nasi lemak, or coconut rice ( a Malay dish of coconut-flavoured rice, served with sambal chilli paste, egg, and ikan billis or anchovies ).

The town is well known for the Malay rice dish, nasi dagang.

* Laksa lemak, also known as nyonya laksa ( Malay: Laksa nyonya ), is a type of laksa with a rich coconut gravy.

Laksa lemak is usually made with a fish-based gravy ( with vegetarian food stalls omitting fish ) and is heavily influenced by Thai laksa ( Malay: Laksa Thai ), perhaps to the point that one could say they are one and the same.

* Katong laksa ( Malay: Laksa Katong ) is a variant of laksa lemak from the Katong area of Singapore.

Nasi lemak, one of the most popular Malay dishes.

Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok ( also spelled amuk, from the Malay meaning " mad with uncontrollable rage ") is a term for a killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment.

Some observers have related this explanation to Islam's ban on suicide, which, it is suggested, drove Malay men to create circumstances in which others would kill them.

The word " agar " comes from agar-agar, the Malay name for red algae ( Gigartina, Gracilaria ) from which the jelly is produced.

The population of the Banda Islands prior to Dutch conquest is generally estimated to have been around 13, 000-15, 000 people, some of whom were Malay and Javanese traders, as well as Chinese and Arabs.

Bandanese Malay is famous in the region for its unique, lilting accent, but it also has a number of locally identifying words in its lexicon, many of them borrowings or loanwords from Dutch.

Khmer is a member of the Austro-Asiatic language family, the most archaic family in an area that stretches from the Malay Peninsula through Southeast Asia to East India.

Four of the characters in " Think Blue, Count Two " are called " Thirteen " in different languages: Tiga-belas ( both in Indonesian and Malay ), Trece ( Spanish ), Talatashar ( based on an Arabic dialect form < big > ثلاث عشر </ big >, thalāth ʿashar ) and Sh ' san ( based on Mandarin 十三, shísān, where the " í " is never pronounced ).

Mipps escaped in the confusion of Syn's death and disappeared from England, but it is said that a little man very much like him is living out his days in a Buddhist Monastery somewhere in the Malay Peninsula, delighting the monks with recounting the adventures of Doctor Syn and the eerie stories of the Romney Marsh and the mysterious Scarecrow and his night riders.

Note that purnima or pornima is Sanskrit for full moon, which has also become the Malay word for full moon purnama.

The New Latin gekko and English gecko stem from the Malay gēkoq, which is imitative of the sound the animals make.

Among the earliest kingdoms known to have been based in what is now Malaysia is the ancient empire of Langkasuka, located in the northern Malay Peninsula and based somewhere in Kedah.

This latter figure was deceptive because many businesses that appeared to be Malay-owned were still indirectly controlled by Chinese, but there is no doubt that the Malay share of the economy considerably increased.

Malaysia has had regular elections since 1974, and although campaigning is reasonably free at election time, it is in effect a one-party state, with the UMNO-controlled National Front usually winning nearly all the seats, while the DAP wins some Chinese urban seats and the PAS some rural Malay ones.

Since independence, Indonesian ( a form of Malay and official national language ) is the language of most written communication, education, government, and business.

Kajang's population of 342, 657 is 60. 4 % Malay, 19. 3 % Chinese, 9. 7 % Indians, and 10. 6 % other ethnic groups.

In Malaysia, Labour Day or in Malay " Hari Buruh " is on the 1st day of May every year.

Legal scholars have suggested that the political " equation for religious and racial harmony " is rather fragile, and that this " fragility stems largely from the identification of religion with race coupled with the political primacy of the Malay people colliding with the aspiration of other races for complete equality.

For it is a demand which pierces the very heart of the political system — a system based upon Malay political pre-eminence.

It is a demand that challenges the very source of Malay ruling elites ' power and authority.

Malaysia is a constitutional elective monarchy, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is selected for a five-year terms from among the nine Sultans of the Malay states.