The issue is front-page news after the states of Sarawak and Sabah decided to promote the use of English in secondary schools. For Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, it is necessary to enhance the skills ...

Researchers have cataloged close to 7,000 distinct human languages on Earth, per Linguistic Society of America's latest count. That may seem like a pretty exhaustive list, but it hasn't stopped ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A proposed proficiency test conducted in the Malay language for those applying to become Malaysian citizens has largely garnered the support of Members of Parliament (MPs) across both ...

Bobbyo: Make Malay the official Asean language - what are these professors up to? This is how it works. The chairing of Asean is on a rotation basis between the various members on a yearly basis. Are ...

Besut MP Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh said some recent bills debated in Parliament still contained a mixture of Malay and English, which goes against the spirit of the National Language Act 1963/67. An ...

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