KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Malay, which once served as the primary language for trade and administration across the archipelago, has the potential to be recognised as ASEAN’s second language, ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Malay Language is losing its grip in Brunei, with only 50.5 percent of the public in the sultanate communicate in Malay Language at home, finding of a recent ...

Illustration by Lam Yik Chun. Over the last two decades of using text messaging, I’ve come to believe that the 10th circle of hell comprises people who use ‘jelak’ without knowing its proper spelling, ...

Geographically, Malaysia is situated within the vast stretch of the Malay Archipelago, the lingua franca of which is mainly the Malay language and its other acceptable variants. Every nation, for that ...

THE ongoing discourse on the Malay language has attracted many views – social media is hyperactive on the subject. Why do we always have knee-jerk reactions to issues? Essentially, what we truly ...

SINGAPORE - Having a command of the Malay language can help Singapore bridge South-east Asia and the rest of the world, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing. Businesses from ...

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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 ...

SINGAPORE — Mr Andy Mirza, a 42-year-old lecturer at a tertiary institute, says that he exclusively speaks English to his two sons, aged 11 and 8, because he is “more comfortable with the language”.