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  2. National Library of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    It comprises library materials published in Malaysia and overseas whose whole or larger part of the content is related to the publications date or the language used. Another national intellectual heritage is the Malay Manuscripts and one of her manuscript the Hikayat Hang Tuah has been acknowledged by UNESCO in the Memory of the World Register ...

  3. History of the Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Malayic is the language believed to have existed in prehistoric times, spoken by the early Austronesian settlers in the region. Its ancestor, the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language that derived from Proto-Austronesian, began to break up by at least 2000 BCE as a result possibly by the southward expansion of Austronesian peoples into the Philippines, Borneo, Maluku and Sulawesi from the ...

  4. Annabel Gallop - Wikipedia

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    Gallop was a senior producer for the Indonesian and Malay section of the BBC World Service from 1985–86. [1] She joined the British Library in 1986, and has held the positions of Curator for Maritime Southeast Asia, and Head of the Southeast Asia Section. Her research focuses on the British Library's Malay collections: writing traditions ...

  5. Boxer Codex - Wikipedia

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    The Boxer Codex is a late-16th-century Spanish manuscript produced in the Philippines. It contains 75 colored illustrations of the peoples of China, the Philippines, Japan, Java, the Moluccas, the Ladrones, and Siam. About 270 pages of Spanish text describe these places, their inhabitants and customs. An additional 88 smaller drawings show ...

  6. Folklore of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Malaysian folklore is the folk culture of Malaysia and other indigenous people of the Malay Archipelago as expressed in its oral traditions, written manuscripts and local wisdoms. Malaysian folklores were traditionally transmitted orally in the absence of writing systems. Oral tradition thrived among the Malays, but continues to survive among ...

  7. Malay language in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Malay (Filipino: Wikang Malayo; Malay: Bahasa Melayu) spoken by a minority of Filipinos, particularly in the Palawan, Sulu Archipelago and parts of Mindanao, mostly in the form of trade and creole languages, such as Sabah Malay. Historically, use of Malay as lingua franca prior to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines is witnessed ...

  8. Baybayin - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Baybayin (ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔, [a] Tagalog pronunciation: [bajˈbajɪn]), also called Basahan and Guhit, erroneously known historically as alibata, is a Philippine script widely used primarily in Luzon during the 16th and 17th centuries to write Tagalog and to a lesser extent Kampampangan, Ilocano, and several other Philippine ...

  9. Malay Annals - Wikipedia

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    A version of the Malay Annals dated 1612, acquired by Sir Stamford Raffles and coded Raffles MS no.18 or Raffles Manuscript 18, is considered the oldest and the most faithful to the original. [13] There is a possibility that Raffles MS no.18 version has developed from a genealogical king-list complete with the periods of reigns and dates.