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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Malay bahasa Melayu, Malay language : bahasa, speech, language (from Sanskrit bhāṣā) + Melayu, Malay.]

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  • I think my personal quest to bring down Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka for its laziness in building a better vocabulary for our (dying) Bahasa Melayu is pretty much ruining my Engrish.

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  • Today, multiethnic Malaysia debates whether to call its official language Bahasa Melayu (“the Malay language”) or Bahasa Malaysia (“the Malaysian language”).

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Some street signs are in Bahasa Melayu and English.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • •Address Malays by courtesy title (English or Bahasa Melayu) + first name (given name).

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Today, multiethnic Malaysia debates whether to call its official language Bahasa Melayu (“the Malay language”) or Bahasa Malaysia (“the Malaysian language”).

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • •Address Malays by courtesy title (English or Bahasa Melayu) + first name (given name).

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Is it in English, or does it have to be in Bahasa Melayu?

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  • Some street signs are in Bahasa Melayu and English.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Some street signs are in Bahasa Melayu and English.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • •Address Malays by courtesy title (English or Bahasa Melayu) + first name (given name).

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

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