The Malay Language (Bahasa Melayu)

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  • @kotarojujo2737
    @kotarojujo2737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2499

    Buat orang2 indonesia yang liat video ini, daripada komen ribut sama malaysia, baca sejarah nya lagi tentang bahasa indonesia. Sebelum sumpah pemuda, disebut nya emang bahasa melayu kok. Akar bahasa indonesia dan malaysia sekarang itu bahasa melayu johor-riau yang jadi lingua franca di regional nusantara.
    Nah, setelah 1900an. Bahasa melayu di daerah jajahan hindia belanda (Indonesia sekarang) dan jajahan inggris (malaya, malaysia sekarang) mulai berpisah dari akar mereka bahasa melayu johor-riau.
    Setelah itu bahasa melayu di daerah jajahan belanda mulai di standarkan, dikenal dengan ejaan van ophuijsen. Sedangkan melayu di malaya distandarkan oleh inggris yang dikenal dengan ejaan wilkinson. Nah, melayu ejaan van ophujsen ini yang jadi akar bahasa indonesia sekarang dan ejaan wilkinson yang jadi akar bahasa melayu malaysia sekarang.
    Jadi buat kalian yang ngotot kalo bahasa indonesia bukan bahasa melayu. Enggak, bahasa indonesia tetep bagian dari bahasa melayu. Jadi jangan ribut2 lagi sama netizen malaysia ya guys :)

    • @jacktphone196
      @jacktphone196 6 ปีที่แล้ว +349

      You earned my respect bro!

    • @AhmadAshrinAbdulJalil
      @AhmadAshrinAbdulJalil 6 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      Penulisan yang tepat dan benar...

    • @lebensraum929
      @lebensraum929 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Sejak bilo pulak Johor Riau tu membahasakan diri malayu,utk pengetahuan kamu induk dari bahasa malayu tuo asli itu dari Minangkabau Sumatera yg kemudian berevolusi menjadi bahasa Indonesia,penduduk pribumi Riau tu org minangkabau dan Sakai, malayu tu suku bkn bangsa suku yg berasal dari Minangkabau Sumatera, tulisan nya malayu bkn Melayu,yg ngaku2 Melayu Johor Riau lingga tu para keturunan pendatang dari belah2 Kalimantan dan Sulawesi sana (keturunan orang luar dari suku malayu tulen).dan bahasa Indonesia itu tidak ada sangkut pautnya berasal dari bahasa mereka Malaysia yg membahasakan diri Malayu padahal malayu palsu.

    • @muhammadaqil4406
      @muhammadaqil4406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      @@lebensraum929 kenapa bahasa Anda sangat berbeda dgn bahasa Melayu standar di atas?
      Bahasa Melayu standar di video hampir tidak berbeda dgn bahasa Indonesia, saya paham hanya dgn mendengarnya, tetapi saya tidak paham yg anda tulis itu apa.

    • @evanjnplatae1397
      @evanjnplatae1397 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Yes anda benar tapi stlah merdeka disempurnkan ejaan, kemudian disempurnakan kembali ejaan dan dibakukan... Slain itu terdapat serapan bahasa daerah nusantara... Jadi memang bahasa indonesia berawal bahasa melayu... Gampangnya... Bahasa indonesia adalah bahasa melayu yg dibakukan...

  • @cydeus1314
    @cydeus1314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +977

    I'm Vietnamese, and I have to say "wow, I can know what will come next in the sentence". Malay Language has the same grammar as Vietnamese. That's so cool! Maybe I'll try to learn Bahasa Melayu someday :))

    • @mulletdaddy6909
      @mulletdaddy6909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      i’m also kinda interested to learn tagalog in the future :)) im malay tho

    • @ahmaddanish4521
      @ahmaddanish4521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tq

    • @sahrielnewbie9054
      @sahrielnewbie9054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@mulletdaddy6909 Tagalog and vietnamese is different bro

    • @mulletdaddy6909
      @mulletdaddy6909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@sahrielnewbie9054 ehh so sorry ! i thought tagalog originally from vietnamese😭😭 i’m confused lol

    • @sahrielnewbie9054
      @sahrielnewbie9054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mulletdaddy6909 yeah bro, Tagalog from Philippines.. btw, where are you from?

  • @sipembaca7739
    @sipembaca7739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    Look at this
    Ajar - teach
    Mengajar - teaching
    Pengajar - instructor (or teacher but we call teacher Guru/Cikgu)
    Belajar - study/learn
    Pengajaran - Moral value

    • @mosalah8551
      @mosalah8551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Pelajar - student
      Pelajaran - lesson
      Pembelajaran - learning
      Ajaran - teachings
      Ajarkan - teach
      Terpelajar - well educated
      Terajar - taught

    • @ThisIsAlmondz
      @ThisIsAlmondz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      We call teachers, guru/guro as well in Filipino!

    • @saf422
      @saf422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@ThisIsAlmondz there is mostly similar pronunciation in malay and tagalog
      1. anak
      2. aku (malaysia) Ako (filipino)
      3. kau/engkau (malaysia) Ikaw (filipino)
      4. kami
      5. minum (malaysia) uminom ka (filipino)
      6. angin (malaysia) hangin (filipino)
      7. kambing
      8. mata
      9. Telinga (malaysia) Tainga (filipino)
      10. kuku (malaysia) kuko (filipino)
      11. Surat (malaysia) sulat (filipino)
      12. Bangku (m) Bangko (F)
      13. Pinggan
      14. mangkuk (m) Mangkok (F)
      15. Kuali (m) Kawali (F)
      16. Bulan (m) Buwan (F)
      17. Daun (m) Dahun (F)
      18. Dahan
      19. parang

    • @ThisIsAlmondz
      @ThisIsAlmondz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@saf422 minum in Kapampangan (a Filipino dialect) means to drink, like, minúm ka Ng danúm, which means, drink water.

    • @emptytoiletpaperroll9112
      @emptytoiletpaperroll9112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@ThisIsAlmondz
      80% of Filipino "Languages" (probably)
      Drink - Minum/minom/inom

  • @HermanMuda
    @HermanMuda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    I was born and raised in southern Thailand, Sungai Golok, near the Malaysian border, Kelantan. In the past, it was the same country, but now it's seperated. I went to Thai school until the university, but at home we speak Kelantanese and I know how to speak the standard Malay since we live close to Kelantan, Malaysia and also have relatives live there. However, the Melayu ethnics in Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala (Southern Thailand) speaks their own Melayu dialects which are now the mixtures of bahasa Melayu, Thai, Indonesia and some other loan words. At the present time, I've been working in Malaysia university as a Mandarin lecturer for almost 7 years. ;-)

    • @elonmusk42
      @elonmusk42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good essay

    • @qiey2112
      @qiey2112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alhamdullah...mek ak pon asal n born di narathiwat..merantaw juga mcm kmu..now we leave kedah

    • @boboboy8189
      @boboboy8189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@qiey2112 selatan Thai memang negeri melayu. Kalau kamu nak tahu, sempadan asal semenanjung tanah melayu terletak di segenting kra. Kat sana ada batu terukir sempadan tanah melayu di buat tahun 1800++.
      Kalau kamu belajar sejarah, selatan Myanmar pun tanah melayu juga. Kat sana ramai orang melayu bercakap loghat kedah.
      Nama asal di selatan Thai
      Songkla = Singgora
      Narathiwat = menora
      Yala = Jala
      Chaiya = cahaya
      Trang = Ban Terang (ban bermaksud tanah bonggol yang di buat sempadan sawah)
      Phuket = Bukit tapi nama sebenar ialah Tanjung salang dalam rekod kedah
      Satun = Setul / setui (sejenis pokok)
      Pattani = pantai ini
      Nakhon Sri tammarat = ligor / legor
      British Dan Thailand buat perjanjian Bangkok pada 1909 memisahkan tanah melayu. Tapi perjanjian tersebut hanya sampai 100 tahun je, kenapa Malaysia tidak tuntut pada hari ini, saya tak tahu

    • @Thrasher_Abbatoir
      @Thrasher_Abbatoir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@boboboy8189 info yang bagus tuan. Kalau Malay tuntut balik dgn kerajaan Siam boleh jadi perang semula. Tengok sahajalah tebing Sg.Golok semakin hari semakin tinggi antara Malay dan Siam.

    • @idontcareaboutnothing2297
      @idontcareaboutnothing2297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Thrasher_Abbatoir Pattani dahulu pantang berbahasa Siam sekarang ermmm.. bila mereka nak merdeka tak bagi serang kata terroris lahoy, Siam dulu pun cuba jajah jugak Kedah, Perak dan Kelantan tapi tak berjaya atas bantuan dari bangsa Melayu kita dari sumatera

  • @afandichelae5459
    @afandichelae5459 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1169

    I'm Thai. I speak Malay is first Language. I'm from Southern of Thailand^^

    • @johnymcmememan2151
      @johnymcmememan2151 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Selangor guy here,how's Perlis,Kedah,Perak and Kelantan for you?

    • @TheMuslimPrince
      @TheMuslimPrince 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Brother Afandi, you speak a Pattani variant which is not standard Malay but is related to the Kelantanese dialect.

    • @mirasofeajacob7057
      @mirasofeajacob7057 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Abu Muawiyah bahasa melayu malaysia dan sumatera bunyi dan kata dasar tetap sama.. loghat je berbeza.. sebagai contoh kata dasar makan.. kelantan sebut make.. iban sebut makai.. so kata dasar tetap sama.. klu bcakap tu masih boleh faham.. tgk pula majority tbesar di indonesia.. bahasa jawa.. 90% kata dasar bhs jawa berbeza dari bahasa indonesia.. contoh aku ambil tu semua dari majority.. kebanyakkan penutur dlm golongan suku dimalaysia masih berbunyi dari kata dasar melayu cuma loghat berbeza.. klu kat indon lain.. kata dasar berbeza loghat pun berbeza sekali..di malaysia kita menutur bahasa melayu setiap hari sebagai mother tongue.. dirumah ditrmpat kerja.. di indonesia kebanyakn mereka tidak menutur bahasa indonesia dirumah.. org jawa dirumah cakap jawa..klu mereka tinggal ditanah jawa mmg segala aktiviti seharian guna bahasa jawa.. bila tgk tv je baru dgr bahasa indonesia.. tu pbezaan nya.. melayu malaysia x lari dari melayunya.. berbeza di indonesia yg bahasa indonesia cuma bahasa rasmi tapi bkn mother tongue seharian utk kebanyakkan suku suku disana..

    • @nayaa7976
      @nayaa7976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Karena orang thailand dekat dengan malay saya indo kata orang thailand kalo di sekolahan pakek bahasa thai kalo di rumah cakap malay

    • @mie212
      @mie212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@nayaa7976 sebab selatan thailand ratusan tahun dahulu di bawah kerajaan kedah dan pattani.orang kelantan kebanyakan asal dari pattani.sebab tu depa cakap lebih kurang sama.tapi selepas perjanjian bangkok 1909,selatan thailand jadi hak raja siam.

  • @manaphjabdullah1633
    @manaphjabdullah1633 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1063

    Kepada seluruh orang Melayu janganlah merasa rendah diri terhadap bahasa Melayu. Biarlah bahasa Melayu itu berdiri sama tinggi dengan bahasa2 lain di dunia...

    • @saifdanish555
      @saifdanish555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      bahasa melayu ialah bahasa antarabangsa

    • @2028年人类
      @2028年人类 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@saifdanish555 yakah? Baru saya tau

    • @Shirowa.
      @Shirowa. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Netizen itu kan 90% penduduk indonesia

    • @armansubandono9813
      @armansubandono9813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Netizen dalam mimpi kawan

    • @armansubandono9813
      @armansubandono9813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Netizen pala bapak kau 300 juta elu cuma numpang tenar

  • @naingchanmyae
    @naingchanmyae 6 ปีที่แล้ว +750

    I really love the part when he said ‘There is no grammatical gender’ and start dancing. I am glad too.

    • @egg6944
      @egg6944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      In malaysian... i am glad too

    • @onlyme9332
      @onlyme9332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Marechal Zolotoy try to learn spanish and you'll get the answer

    • @Zigxxxcranium167PvP
      @Zigxxxcranium167PvP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      langfocus says trans rights?

    • @onlyme9332
      @onlyme9332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Marechal Zolotoy bueno!

    • @justrandomthings709
      @justrandomthings709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Marechal Zolotoy fluentemente?! Jajaja creo que no. La palabra fluentemente sólo se usa en portugués, no en español.

  • @ArkovProd
    @ArkovProd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1114

    No gender, no cases, no verb conjugation, intuitive prepositions, well-structured affixes...
    People who struggle to learn any European language with hundreds of irregular verbs and 10+ verb tenses: 'IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? IS THIS JUST FANTASY?'

    • @thewiseofearth
      @thewiseofearth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Sustem of roots, prefixes, and affixes: allow me to introduce myself

    • @seid3366
      @seid3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@thewiseofearth Still, that’s the only hard part of Malay & Indonesian

    • @Sir3gar
      @Sir3gar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@seid3366 and it's not that complicated also. If it's an active verb just add me-, mem-, meng- (i.e. verb "baca", membacakan) and if it's passive verb just add di-, ber- (dibaca, dibacakan). Bahasa melayu and bahasa indonesia are literally two of the easiest languange to learn.

    • @seid3366
      @seid3366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Sir3gar But again, the only hard thing is remembering which affixes go to which verb

    • @Sir3gar
      @Sir3gar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@seid3366 yes but usually in some cases the prefix can be ignored like we can say "saya masak nasi" "saya baca buku" no problem

  • @Njbh24
    @Njbh24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1652

    I'm a Bruneian and we don't pronounce Brunei, "Brunei". We pronounce it "Broon-EYE".

    • @neku2741
      @neku2741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      right, idk why people said brunei

    • @MintyMiku
      @MintyMiku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Dua2 pun boleh

    • @vanderpraast4938
      @vanderpraast4938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      In Indonesian word is brunai not brunei

    • @mutbas1604
      @mutbas1604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ikr

    • @asriwaqiuddin4297
      @asriwaqiuddin4297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      TsundokuMii “Broo-NAI

  • @rasisdegreat7747
    @rasisdegreat7747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    As a Malaysian, I couldn't be more proud after watching this video...
    Have a like from me my dear buddy

    • @Langfocus
      @Langfocus  7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thank you, man. I appreciate it!
      Why's your name "Racist Lyfe"?? You don't seem like a racist. 😀

    • @rasisdegreat7747
      @rasisdegreat7747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      My nama is Rasis which literally mean racist in Malay, it suppose to be Rosis which is an arabic words but when it come to Malay culture... they changed it :P

    • @human_bing
      @human_bing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rasisdegreat7747 oof

    • @timelapsesofsingapore5674
      @timelapsesofsingapore5674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Salam Dari Singapura

  • @kaizer8280
    @kaizer8280 8 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    the hardest thing about malay for me is how there are SO MANY words for one verb eg:
    'CARRY' in english.
    MEMBAWA - carry/bring. MENGANDAR - carry on a stick. MENJINJING/MEMJINJIT/MEMBIMBIT - carry in a bag/bucket. MENJUNJUNG - carry on the head. MENGALAS - carry on your back.... etc etc

    • @johnstephens4291
      @johnstephens4291 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      thats interesting

    • @clarifier88
      @clarifier88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      yea hahaha
      even without affixes, one english word can be translated in many malay terms because it is heavily dependent on how the word is used
      Dia sedang membawa beg = he/she is carrying the bag
      Dia sedang mengalas beg = he/she is carrying the bag behind his/her back
      Dia sedang menjinjing beg = he/she is carrying the bag (carrying something with your hand in lowered position)
      Dia sedang menjunjung beg = he/she carrying the bag on his/her head
      'sandar' is a bit different when it comes to affixes.
      and this 'bawa' word can be changed to something else like what kaiser said

    • @kaizer8280
      @kaizer8280 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** are you sure? xD I though indonesian is a lot like malay im sure u guys have this many words for carry too.

    • @اللهالله-ل7د
      @اللهالله-ل7د 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      GALAS in lithuanian means the back or the end

    • @popregepopz3121
      @popregepopz3121 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kaiser I agree

  • @aimanmarzuqi4804
    @aimanmarzuqi4804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Yeah, Malay is a really easy language to learn. Its no wonder it became the lingua franca of the south East Asian archipelago.

  • @graceng7986
    @graceng7986 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I am a Malaysian and I am so impressed by the details of your lesson on our language. I am now a subscriber and look forward to going through your other videos!

    • @Langfocus
      @Langfocus  8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Grace Ng Thanks Grace! I'm glad you're here! :)

    • @cj-fx2kj
      @cj-fx2kj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amoi banyak cantik 😍

    • @Zymo3614
      @Zymo3614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's a LINGUIST! But still yeah 👍

  • @deadaf6098
    @deadaf6098 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2598

    Hahaha i like how foreigners are so formal when speaking malay yet we native malay speakers speak broken malay😂😂😂

    • @lehyman737
      @lehyman737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      10 OG and then they learned the slangs. All hell breaks loose 😂

    • @gigglehertz
      @gigglehertz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +264

      I'd say same for most languages. People in the US rarely speak exactly like we were taught in school. Except in texts and newscasts. If you speak and pronounce words the "correct" way it sounds awkward.

    • @duckhorse5914
      @duckhorse5914 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      lol true

    • @kiwawa79aj8
      @kiwawa79aj8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dead Af ikr

    • @AnasSuhaimi
      @AnasSuhaimi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      How do you think the people in the street in England speaks?

  • @diqyade
    @diqyade 7 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    I'm teaching some malay language in my channel in japanese, and this video helps me alot on explaning malay's grammar and stuff. thanx ;)

  • @SGMC64
    @SGMC64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    Srry. But even in malaysia, we also call Brunei "Brunai"

    • @mima2334
      @mima2334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      SGMC64 i was so confused by all the comments saying it’s pronounced another way but i was like br0 wh4t because i live in malaysia and literally everyone says brunei how he says it lmao

    • @Saicofake
      @Saicofake 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I have friends from Brunei who tell me that it is pronounced as Brunei, as in Brunai. Those commenters must either be trolling or there might be some variant to saying it back in Brunei.

    • @habibhazalihabibali2789
      @habibhazalihabibali2789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kalau kami Barunai

    • @Sashimi404
      @Sashimi404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Not all Malaysia, in Sarawak we pronounce it as BRUN-EI. I think Brun-eye is as formal pronunciation, Brun-eiy as informal pronunciation or for those community living close to Sarawak borders. Sarawakian Malay tend to pronounce -AI as -EIY for example PANT-AI pronounce as PANT-EIY, SUNG-AI as SUNG-EIY.

    • @SGMC64
      @SGMC64 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sashimi404 but my friend in school is sarawak. He called Brunei brunAI

  • @averagelife5523
    @averagelife5523 6 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Look at the comment... this guy is nice enuf to introduce Bahasa Malaysia in this channel, be gentle guys... ofcoz there is a loop here and there... what do u expected?. He’s doing great by explaining the details

  • @levilima9925
    @levilima9925 8 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    I'm a simple man. I see a new langfocus video i press like.

  • @lidette711
    @lidette711 7 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    I'm a Filipino. When I went to Malaysia, it's fun to recognize shared words! Even if I don't speak the language, I can sort of guess the meanings of the signs. :-)

    • @MansMan42069
      @MansMan42069 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I remember watching an episode of Tayong Dalawa and one of the characters said "anako sakit sakit" and I was like, "my child is sick".

    • @zulkarnainmahmud7200
      @zulkarnainmahmud7200 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tagalog has influenced of Malay & spanish

    • @afiqirfan2911
      @afiqirfan2911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Tolong
      } Help
      Tulung
      Right?

    • @ImHyucks107cmLeg
      @ImHyucks107cmLeg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      anak means anak in bahasa malaysia n tagalog 😂

    • @afiqirfan2911
      @afiqirfan2911 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ImHyucks107cmLeg anak means child learn English bro

  • @angrylittleboy3266
    @angrylittleboy3266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I am an Arab and I’m here because i love Brunei 🇧🇳❤️🇸🇦 + and Darussalam actually means House of Peace in Arabic btw

    • @sambaltempe5970
      @sambaltempe5970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      All the Malay Muslim states have that kind of name. For example the states in Malaysia : Selangor Darul Ehsan, Terengganu Darul Iman, Johor Darul Takzim...

    • @ThatOneMalaysianGuy
      @ThatOneMalaysianGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kedah darul aman

    • @forbiddenboy8720
      @forbiddenboy8720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kelantan darul naim

    • @anggapranata9619
      @anggapranata9619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sambaltempe5970 nice

    • @harryrinaldi2812
      @harryrinaldi2812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All Malay states who ruled by a Sultan have Darul++. Example my state Johor is Darul Takzim.

  • @mufidazuhra5227
    @mufidazuhra5227 7 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    I'm Indonesian and I can watch upin ipin or any malaysian tv shows without having any problem of understanding.

    • @syahir7494
      @syahir7494 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Lol wait until you hear malaysian kelantanese dialect

    • @mufidazuhra5227
      @mufidazuhra5227 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      dancing in the desert
      I have :)
      And it's quite similar to Thailand's Pattani accent

    • @matamatarahsia6862
      @matamatarahsia6862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      And we malaysia watch sinetron with such joy without any misunderstanding.... Salam nusantara

    • @mufidazuhra5227
      @mufidazuhra5227 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      matamata rahsia salam nusantara! 😀

    • @arifsalahudin6673
      @arifsalahudin6673 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thx god. Because most people are being cringe about it... =.=

  • @cherrynsa
    @cherrynsa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    We should thank him for doing some research for us Malays (no matter which country). Thank you so much 😊

  • @honantong
    @honantong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    Tried to learn German for years.. no progress. Probably have to do with me being 36. But been laughing all my way following this videos description of malay. Such a good language..👏👏👏👏👏
    1. Same alfabet as English
    2. Simple pronunciation
    3. Grammar rules

    • @sentival
      @sentival 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Right? After learning some languages. Seriously, as much as i dont want to be bias, but it is fact that malay language is so easy especially if you are familiar with english. You can direct translate almost anything from english. Not to mention the others mentioned by the video such as no word genders, no conjugation, no tenses.

    • @kyril98741
      @kyril98741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The only bad thing is for Malaysian to learn other languages. It is really hard as all those rules are weird to me...

    • @harryrinaldi2812
      @harryrinaldi2812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Malay is a straight forward language. Even foreign workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Pakistan can speak Malay within a week😂😂😂

    • @coresekel7153
      @coresekel7153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@sentival That's why it'd be prefect to be a Lingua Franca, don't you agree?

    • @sentival
      @sentival 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@coresekel7153 absolutely

  • @muhamadamin3
    @muhamadamin3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    There are also Malay people in southern Myanmar that speaks with similar dialect with Northern Malaysia dialects. Also, there are Melayu Champa in Cambodia and Vietnam as well. Some of them even migrated to Malaysia

    • @qiey2112
      @qiey2112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes ...still hve

    • @idontcareaboutnothing2297
      @idontcareaboutnothing2297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Mindanao, Jolo/Sulu and Palawan still Malay. Southern Thai Pattani, Yala, Saturn and Narathiwat also practicing Malay. But because different countries.. our brothers...

    • @NaraArya94
      @NaraArya94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@idontcareaboutnothing2297 Muslims in the Philippines are not Malay, they are Moro people. Moro is an umbrella term for all Muslim ethnicities in the country, there are 13 ethnicities, none of them is Malay. Only some Moro in Tawi2 province can speak & understand Sabah Malay, no malay language in other provinces, only some people in one single province understand malay, even for those who can speak it, it's not their home language.
      In Sabah there are ethnic Suluk & Bajau, both are parts of Moro people, came to Sabah from Mindanao, many have been granted Malaysian citizenship. They are classified separately from Malay by the state government because they have different languages and cultures, Suluk & Bajau languages are related to Malay, but not parts of Malay branch itself.
      I guess you're Malay from Malaya, because many Malay Malayans tend to wrongly assume everyone who adhere to Islam with indigenous face is Malay. You guys don't understand what ethnicity is, it's all about race to you over there. But your assumption about Southern Thailand is correct, they speak either Kedah or Pattani Malay across the border, they are indeed ethnically Malay.

    • @bondakaucantik5256
      @bondakaucantik5256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tanah Sari

    • @bondakaucantik5256
      @bondakaucantik5256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MalaysianTropikfusion i only shared Tanah Sari and u are replying me with such a long explaination.

  • @zify89
    @zify89 7 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    You totally did NOT butcher 'Brunei'! We Bruneians pronounce it as 'Broon-EYE', too! Aside from that, amazingly informative video!

    • @Langfocus
      @Langfocus  7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Yeah, some weirdos corrected me on something that wasn't wrong! lol. I guess they were trolling.

    • @zify89
      @zify89 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Langfocus either that, or they've never met or talked to a Bruneian before! Regardless, you did a good job!

    • @jothamkumar
      @jothamkumar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol,was just about to say ive never heard any bruneian's call it brooney, and i was working there for 5 years

    • @Ayy_Doll_Fiddler
      @Ayy_Doll_Fiddler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Langfocus those that "corrected" you are most likely Sarawakians.

    • @yubaa
      @yubaa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler Nope, we Sarawakians pronounce it "broon-eye" as well.

  • @arifpower
    @arifpower 8 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    That awkward moment when foreigner know better your language than you as a native speaker..

    • @Don78ism
      @Don78ism 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I'm a Malay guy, always know the history and origin of Malay language because I read history, like a lot, since I was in primary school.

    • @rapidfart9579
      @rapidfart9579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @mohdshahill9870
      @mohdshahill9870 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      indeed bro...

    • @PrioBak
      @PrioBak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      One thing is certain tho, he put a lot of effort making this video

    • @ralljedd6336
      @ralljedd6336 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      arifpower FOREIGNER knowS .. WITH S.. SINGULAR

  • @TheMarches09
    @TheMarches09 7 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    'Brunei' is indeed pronounced as 'Brunai'. "-ei" is the old or non-standard spelling. Another example would be 'sungei' for 'river' but pronounced as 'sungai' (which is also the current spelling).

    • @smangko
      @smangko 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In Sarawak's Malay dialect, we actually say Bru-nay and Soo-ngay.

    • @zezyqs3850
      @zezyqs3850 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      im malaysian and i always pronounce it brunai (brunei)

    • @muizrahim861
      @muizrahim861 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Most of the Malay Malaysians who speaks Malay still pronounce Brunei as "Brunai".
      Sarawakian Malaysian is not considered as pure Malay Language as Sarawak consist of hundreds of languages kreole etc. So they are not as consistents as Malay language in Peninsular Malaysia.

    • @jonnathan7908
      @jonnathan7908 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@muizrahim861 And also Sabah Malay

    • @jonnathan7908
      @jonnathan7908 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who even says Brunei like that?

  • @Que3496
    @Que3496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Me *Come to Malaysia*
    Me *Encounter City Malaysian at Kuala Lumpur that speak normal Malaysian language*
    Also Me *Traveled to Terengganu*
    Me *Ah shit where did I put my dialect dictionary..*

    • @kekandar5621
      @kekandar5621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      u can ask muzan

    • @nas897
      @nas897 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr.

    • @ymcajil6816
      @ymcajil6816 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      im from terengganu

    • @amarosz
      @amarosz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      U can ask Mat Dan... 😁😄

    • @madhatteremme2530
      @madhatteremme2530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hahahaa!! its a whole new world here in Terengganu. But standard bahasa is understandable here.

  • @AbdulHadi-hs1uf
    @AbdulHadi-hs1uf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Bahasa Melayu paling senang sekali nak belajar. Nepal, Bangla, Vietnam yang baru datang sebulan kerja dekat Malaysia dah boleh berbahasa melayu. Even mat saleh yang berbulan bulan duduk dekat malaysia sikitt2 dah boleh cakap melayu. No wonder suatu masa dulu bahasa melayu diiktiraf sebagai "lingua franca" sebagai bahasa perdangangan/perantaraan rantau archipelago.

    • @Rudyjosephjr
      @Rudyjosephjr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Korang sik guna kat luar negara. Bisi pakei kat kampung atau 7/11 beli curut. Merokok susah di lepas kan, boros kan doktor mer bahaya bahaya. Dia bilang tiada bikin obat. 🤣

    • @bismanaufa5618
      @bismanaufa5618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kok banyak kata-kata bahasa Inggris

    • @tobyoneil
      @tobyoneil ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Terus kenapa banyak rakyat malaysia tidak bisa bahasa melayu sedangkan dari lahir sudah di malaysia sungguh menyedihkan 😂😂😂

    • @ganunibosskewane1137
      @ganunibosskewane1137 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@bismanaufa5618 ikut kau la jamal

    • @adirazaidin5985
      @adirazaidin5985 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tobyoneil Bila masa pulak rakyat malaysia tak bisa bahasa melayu ha indon???

  • @averagejacobinsubscriber
    @averagejacobinsubscriber 8 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    I am always impressed when i see languages that are so simple grammatically compared to English.

    • @declannewton2556
      @declannewton2556 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I know right, and that' what I don't get about language, why make something that is so hard to learn, just be simple and make things easier, after all languages evolve and it is human instinct to try and make it simpler so I don't get why they use these horrendous rules and writings still. After all Hangul made writing Korean much easier from the Chinese characters, so why not change some of the complexity.

    • @TheZenytram
      @TheZenytram 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      But english is very very simple .

    • @fallowfieldoutwest
      @fallowfieldoutwest 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah, it doesn't even have grammatical gender so I would say (as a native spanish speaker) that it is actually quite simple. Btw don't get me wrong, I'm not claiming that it is inferior or anything.

    • @kuyaleinad4195
      @kuyaleinad4195 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah it's simple but writing it isn't XD But that's just a product of using an outdated spelling system :P
      At least English doesn't have those horrible gender nouns XD And no Spain! Stop assuming my 'Calculadora' is Female XD
      But you could get rid of this 'He-She' construct. In the Austonesian languages, we don't have those either :P

    • @Gab8riel
      @Gab8riel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Funny thing is, English's grammar is incredibly simple.

  • @marcostripoli2849
    @marcostripoli2849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    As a brazilian I felt very comfortable with the pronounce of the phrases, because at first I realized a similarity of malay with brazilian portuguese: Everything is spoken just like is written and with sounds being pronounced open and clear way. And also I realized that many words are pronounced in the same way that we would pronounce in brazilian portuguese differencing only the accent.

    • @chevalier19m
      @chevalier19m ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yup, that's because Malay is a phonetic language

    • @AhmadAshrinAbdulJalil
      @AhmadAshrinAbdulJalil ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are also a few hundred Portuguese words in Bahasa Melayu.. So if you decide to learn it, you'll have a head start 😁

    • @azriffazli4670
      @azriffazli4670 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Portuguese had a huge influence even on the Malay language, even some of the things are called similarly in Malay
      Sekolah - Skola
      Mentega - Menteiga
      Tuala - toalha
      Garfu - garfo
      Meja - mesa
      Kereta - Carreta
      Limau - limão
      And how you pronounce it in your language is almost identical to how we pronounce it in Malay

  • @AnalyzingHorror
    @AnalyzingHorror 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I’m screaming because everything that made French a nightmare for me In school... this language just kicks to the curb. Omg.

  • @falnica
    @falnica 8 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Malayan is beautiful in its logic, it is at a level with Esperanto

    • @afiqahyazid7413
      @afiqahyazid7413 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fernando Franco Félix I may be sound stupid. but what is Esperanto?

    • @falnica
      @falnica 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      A constructed language made to be the universal language, and for that reason it is made to be very logic and easy to learn

    • @jeffreysantio8370
      @jeffreysantio8370 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Fernando Franco Félix esperanto is invented by an european (a polish?) so it only unites western and eastern europe and it's not universal enough from asian perspectives

    • @supporthamas
      @supporthamas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fernando Franco Félix despacito..😝

    • @warreneckels4945
      @warreneckels4945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@falnica Easy? Esperanto nouns vary by case and number:
      Rover estas hundo. Rover is a dog,
      Rover kaj Fido estas hundoj. Rover and Fido are dogs.
      Mi vidas hundon. I see a dog.
      Mi vidas hundojn: I see dogs.
      It also has quite the collection of prefixes and suffixes.
      The same sentences in what Google Translate calls Malay
      Rover adalah seekor anjing.
      Rover dan Fido adalah anjing.
      Saya melihat seekor anjing
      Saya melihat anjing.
      It looks like a tie, so BM has to get the prize because it has actually been used by millions of people as their native language.

  • @muuhfi9960
    @muuhfi9960 8 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    With all these "no grammar" for Malay, I still got a B for Malay and an A for English.
    Edit (After 4 years): I got an A+ for both BM and BI in my SPM and that was more than 6 years ago. And I scored a 7 in my Malay HL in IB while the rest of my subjects I got a 6 including English. 7 was the highest grade you can get. I'm 24 now.

    • @amirafiq70
      @amirafiq70 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Can you differentiate these words' uses and functions:
      Ialah - Adalah
      Boleh - Dapat
      Dari - Daripada
      Ke - Kepada
      Dalam - Di dalam
      If you can, then great, you have just mastered one of the most hardest grammar of Malay, besides the accusative verbs with 's' at the end.
      Ps: No grammar? Colloquially, yeah, maybe. Formally, it's worse than English, in term of affixes and prepositions that is.

    • @berry1897
      @berry1897 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Muuhfi boy, i got a big fat C

    • @muhamadirham1494
      @muhamadirham1494 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same i got 82% in malay but 91% in english

    • @alera142
      @alera142 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeaahh english-man wanna be... idioottttt. thays is way malaysian has no dignity n nationality...coz lots of you around

    • @berry1897
      @berry1897 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Alera Armando dude, fix your grammar please. Or dont comment at all.

  • @robert_wigh
    @robert_wigh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Thank you very much for making this video, Paul! It seems like a really simple and interesting language. _Bahasa Malayu_...intriguing!

    • @robert_wigh
      @robert_wigh 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vladimir Kerzhakov Как вы видите, моя фамилия - Андерсон, это очень обыкнавенная фамилия в Швеции. Я из Швеции и сейчас живу в городе Норчёпинге. Мой отец тоже из Швеции, но моя мать - из Эстонии. Поэтому, я тоже говорю по-русски (но мой родной язык - швецкий). Я вижу, что ваша фимилия - Кержаков и поэтому, я думаю, что вы из России. Я прав? Откуда вы? Может быть вы из Веларуси?

    • @robert_wigh
      @robert_wigh 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vladimir Kerzhakov Как вы, я тоже поль русского. Вы не говорите по-русски?
      Cool! I am also half Russian. Don’t you speak Russian?

  • @XalphYT
    @XalphYT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Paul, don't let the haters get you down. Say Brunei like you say Brunei. There's no way to please everyone.

    • @mnbr6884
      @mnbr6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      In Malaysia, we say "Brunai".

    • @mrduck2480
      @mrduck2480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mnbr6884 In brunei,we say brunai

    • @mnbr6884
      @mnbr6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought so too. So, who are these people getting offended on your behalf?

    • @mrduck2480
      @mrduck2480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mnbr6884 im not sure

    • @Mr.Nichan
      @Mr.Nichan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrduck2480 They're probably just people who assume that all recently romanized languages have perfectly Latin or Romaji-like vowels. They forget that every language has various dialects and is constantly changing and that North European languages aren't the only ones in the world that have weird vowels.

  • @PierreMarkuse
    @PierreMarkuse 8 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    Interesting as always, especially the history of the language. Thank you!

    • @jiihgy2716
      @jiihgy2716 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @limaroger
      @limaroger 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      None of the gods do...

    • @tugbaciftci3427
      @tugbaciftci3427 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Da Er YES HE DOES HE CREATED THE EARTH YOU AND EVERYONE STUPID ATHEIST

    • @meimei9848
      @meimei9848 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Da Er as well as you didn't exist because maybe you are just some programme designed to troll

    • @ramdanpanigoro9892
      @ramdanpanigoro9892 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      agree

  • @mr.nobody713
    @mr.nobody713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Pergh bangga aku ada orang luar cerita tentang Bahasa Melayu.. 🇲🇾🇸🇬🇧🇳

    • @jaydenooi3392
      @jaydenooi3392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tapi orang melayu sangat malas 🥲

    • @roykiosi5851
      @roykiosi5851 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Over proud

    • @riyansyehan
      @riyansyehan ปีที่แล้ว

      Maling kok bangga 🗿

    • @mohdtarmizi238
      @mohdtarmizi238 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Takde pn bendera indon kt situ tp indon tetap trigger 😂

    • @vincentbryan-mr3sx
      @vincentbryan-mr3sx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@riyansyehanbibik kok bangga💀

  • @jhonrydc110
    @jhonrydc110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Filipino here. MARAMING SALAMAT SA PAGGAWA NITO! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS! I'm currently learning Spanish so I'm learning more and more about Tagalog, but I think the Malay cognates form the missing link

  • @MiaMia-xe3oj
    @MiaMia-xe3oj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    My native language :D
    Siapa disini orang Melayu ?

    • @naisyahsalsabillahbinmohdf5989
      @naisyahsalsabillahbinmohdf5989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      saya

    • @Kianglekable
      @Kianglekable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Saya etnik Cina, Dan saya suka sangat bahasa Kedah dan Penang

    • @happyalltheday2275
      @happyalltheday2275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Saya jawa tapi 99% paham bahasa melayu

    • @givimann
      @givimann 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you please help me to recognize the languague of this movie? It's malaysian movie, but I am not convinced they speak malay languague, sounds more like chineese: th-cam.com/video/8lFBFmUGwl0/w-d-xo.html Also the title is written not in latin alphabet...

    • @apihdoang4950
      @apihdoang4950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      saya

  • @littlemissbiscuits
    @littlemissbiscuits 8 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I'm Chinese and speak Malay from Brunei

    • @beastkiller579
      @beastkiller579 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      MCElainea Xxox can APA kamu ah hahaha

    • @hh-rf2vl
      @hh-rf2vl 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      memutar belitkan

    • @iwantyou2487
      @iwantyou2487 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      INDON JGN CLAIM

    • @Alexinmy
      @Alexinmy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      他是的,只是用福建话或者客家话广东话发音,在东南亚中文名基本不用汉语拼音。

    • @lB-nv3nn
      @lB-nv3nn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jacklyn Skai of course. Its a required language to learn

  • @dessertstorm7476
    @dessertstorm7476 8 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    it should be noted that indonesian and malay were colonised by different countries at different times and there's a massive amount of loan words which sometimes do not match up. Both have Portuguese loan words, but Malay has more English and Indonesian has many words borrowed from dutch.

    • @Langfocus
      @Langfocus  8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      +Phlegm Atic I intentionally left some of that out so I can talk about it in my Indonesian video.

    • @dessertstorm7476
      @dessertstorm7476 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      OK, look forward to watching it.

    • @hengky1168
      @hengky1168 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      they both adopt Latin alphabet now, the malay original written language has now become obsolete. there are a lot of differences between indonesia and malaysia, but it seems the malay roots in malaysia is more closer to the original while indonesia has changed a lot in evolution of the language with more recently adopt also a lot of english loan word.

    • @zalala
      @zalala 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      melaka was conquered by the Portuguese, then to Dutch, after that to British. You would found fews words from Portuguese and Dutch, though it's mostly from portuguese since the time periods are longer.

    • @TheRealManjix
      @TheRealManjix 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Jawi was still taught as an elective for the ethnic malays when I was in school a decade ago. They still need to understand Jawi in order to read the Quran afaik.

  • @aryagunawan3576
    @aryagunawan3576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    dari pengalaman saya
    orang malaysia dan indonesia cuman berantem di internet doang
    coba bertemu langsung, palingan diajak ngopi dan ngobrol bareng wkwk

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adab bersopan santun

    • @lengoakathor2224
      @lengoakathor2224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Arya Gunawan sebenarnya Kita Aman je

    • @kucingmerah7563
      @kucingmerah7563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ya, cuma kalau di internet..Hmm,susah mau cakap .😂

    • @ecankbileish2159
      @ecankbileish2159 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      True

    • @fathuladnin6081
      @fathuladnin6081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Benar mas. Datanglah ke Malaysia, kami suka saudara-saudara dari Indonesia ke mari dan ngomong dalam bahasa Indonesia kerana kami suka sinetron . Hehe @ Wkwkw.

  • @Gh0stClown
    @Gh0stClown 8 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    No verb conjugations? No grammatical gender? No noun cases?
    Hot damn, where has Malay been all my life?

    • @AzrentheLanguageNerd
      @AzrentheLanguageNerd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You'd like Mandarin haha. It is similar in that regard. I'm learning it right now :)

    • @Gh0stClown
      @Gh0stClown 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Azren the Language Nerd
      I feel like tone would be the death of me.

    • @AzrentheLanguageNerd
      @AzrentheLanguageNerd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Floobs believe it or not, tones are not as daunting as they appear at first. I'd say that after about 10-20 hours of conversation practice & coaching on tones, you can have a solid grasp on pronouncing & hearing tones (for most people anyway).

    • @sedrictakahiro9924
      @sedrictakahiro9924 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      in the malay archipelago. I'm a Malaysian, i can teach you some basics.

    • @yuegonghuamei6685
      @yuegonghuamei6685 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Azren the Language Nerd yes, Chinese mandarin language is easy but writing is worst, so all together, Chinese language is worst, most complicated to learn cuz too many characters or signs to memorize instead just less than 50 signs or letters instead over 400000 signs to remember able to read history, civilization, economy, politics, culture, humanity, religion, news etc... yes we can get by just 40000 charactors but barely enough words to talk about shopping, food, places to go n things to do daily, so no wonder with largest smart population inside n outside China but China n Chinese have done few things to impact nor influence to world stage.

  • @quayevano
    @quayevano 7 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    I guess before the Spaniards colonized the Philippines, we were talking a lot in Malay language. But I guess we branched out after that. But we have lots of similar words:
    Tenghari - Tanghali (afternoon)
    Mahal - Mahal (expensive)
    Kucing - Kuting (cat)
    Mengharap - Mangarap (hope, aspire)

    • @klabumalami6699
      @klabumalami6699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Quay Evano hes brother...those scumbag colonialist has broken our relationship for a long long time ago

    • @quayevano
      @quayevano 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      chiran jeevi You are so correct brother. I wonder sometimes what would have happened if we did not get colonized. We've lost a lot of Malay words.

    • @klabumalami6699
      @klabumalami6699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Surely, we are unity as 'nusantara bloodlines'...we share almost same in culture, races, and language...a nusantara are so widespread from funan, champa(southern vietnam,cambodia)..to peninsular of southern thai(thailand)...a thaninthari, mergui or tenasserim-malay word is tanah sari(myanmar)...and of course peninsular of malaysia, singapura, brunei, indonesia and filipna...even your capital city 'Manila' are from Arabic word 'fi amanillah' means lands with blessings from God...just imagine in few hundred years..we are living in tears, bloodshed..😢😢...I hope one day we will reunite again

    • @quayevano
      @quayevano 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      chiran jeevi Manila actually comes from the phrase "May nilad" meaning "There's a nilad (water lily)." But fi amanillah sounds interesting.

    • @klabumalami6699
      @klabumalami6699 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohh I see 'May nilad' its a tagaloq name right? yes buddy...I hope your country always be blessings from God..🙂

  • @adnyish
    @adnyish 8 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Very informative video. Orang asli (the aborigines) are the Malays ancestors, they're known as Proto Malays. The modern Malays now known as Deutero Malays. Same as the Borneon tribe as well.Taiwanese Aborigines,the Chams, the fijian, Maori, Chammoro in Madagaacar. Guam. Hawaian all the pacific islander we are in the same under one family known as Austronesia.
    In Ancient time, there was no country name as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, Borneo, Cambodia, Vietnam etc, this whole South East Asia was known as Malay Archipelgo a.k.a Nusantara. The Malays are a great seafarer. There was a hundreds of Ancient Malay Hindu-Buddha Kingdom was in power in this Nusantara. That time the malays practiced animism, hinduism and buddism. Fu Nan, Champa, Kedah Tua, Langkasuka, Chih Tu, Kelantan Tua, the Great Sriwijaya, Sailendra, Tambralinga, Majapahit just name a few. This all great and rich kingdom make India and China Maharaja trade and do business with the Malay King Maharaja.
    Until Islam came in the 15th to Nusantara, Sultanate Malay to take over and of course another great and rich kingdom known as Melaka Sultanate Empire. This period the ancient Malay language with the Rencong writing from the old hindu buddha times had been modernize to the classical Malay language with the Jawi arabic writings and that time that language became the Lingua Franca of the South east asia. The malays at this period now are mostly muslim converted from their old religion hinduism/buddism. All traders from India, China arab persian, europe must learn and speak the malay language before do business with the Malay King and sultanate..
    untill the Portuguese attacked Melaka, British invaded Malaysia/Siam, the Netherlands invaded Indonesia, same goes the philipines with spain, etc. until we Malaysian as it is now. Last but not least, not to forget the Malays in Bali still practising hinduism, Malays in philipines mostly christianity, the islander polynesian hawaian, fijian tahiti, aborigines still practicing animism. We are the missing brothers of Malayo Polynesia

    • @bluefish752
      @bluefish752 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      adnyish My mom is mixed asli and Chinese and dad is Chinese lol

    • @izafri
      @izafri 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      adnyish true

    • @ejenkicap7452
      @ejenkicap7452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Champa, Sailendra, and Majapahit aren't Malays

  • @talkshowhost85
    @talkshowhost85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I remember in school the affixes and suffixes were the most important things to remember. Once you get a hold of their general functions you can build any words using any verbs or adjectives.

  • @krissoliongco2717
    @krissoliongco2717 7 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    As a native Tagalog speaker, I can see that there are a ton of similarities between Tagalog and Malay.

    • @klabumalami6699
      @klabumalami6699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kris Soliongco hi Filipino...greetings for our nusantara family from Malaysia 🙂

    • @jonnathan7908
      @jonnathan7908 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hi from the state of Sabah Malaysia!

    • @gilangsaputra6333
      @gilangsaputra6333 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should be proud speaking in Chinese.. Philippine v and China are one family .

    • @ElivTraveller
      @ElivTraveller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your ancestors from Malaysia.

    • @mirasofeajacob7057
      @mirasofeajacob7057 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no lah.. tagalog always pairing with spanish language hahaaha

  • @arafat88ryu
    @arafat88ryu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hebat, ini adalah video terbaik mengenai Bahasa Melayu di TH-cam.
    (Fantasic, this is the best video about the Malay Language on TH-cam)

  • @jaimem1888
    @jaimem1888 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Awesome video! I am planning on being in Singapore and Malaysia in January 2018, and was curious as to the difficulty of learning Bahasa Melayu. Not only does it sound fairly straightforward compared to other languages I've studied, it sounds like it's pretty standard for everyone in the region.
    Well, I've got a year to figure it out. Wish me luck!

    • @sofa.4942
      @sofa.4942 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      but if u come to singapre, theres not many native speakers here. Sadly the natives speaker are speaking in english too, but in something called 'singlish'. Pretty sure if u go malaysia, malay language is beneficial for u to learn and practice

    • @ernahamdilaeh
      @ernahamdilaeh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All the best ! Selamat maju jaya!

    • @arx117
      @arx117 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sofea Yusoff today Singapore prefer english languages. Even the so called chinese, indian become mat salleh celup. Melayu mungkin 50% dah jadi mat salleh celup

    • @Ivyyasmr
      @Ivyyasmr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually there are Malay words borrowed from English language. Such as plastik(plastic), basikal(bicycle),kaunter (counter),buku(book), kartun(cartoon), nasional(national) and many more

  • @gogakushayemi
    @gogakushayemi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I am gonna do a Malay challenge either in Obon or new year’s. Thanks for all of this info. Currently learning Taiwanese Mandarin and I am sooooo here for languages without inflections. Also that word order is soooo beautifully familiar. As a Japanese speaker the first time you have a different word order is a doozy.

  • @zuhairsazari2062
    @zuhairsazari2062 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Salam sejahtera semua, saya ingin ketengahkan di sini bahawa saya sebagai salah seorang pelajar di universiti awam di Malaysia yang mengangkat tinggi martabat Bahasa Melayu, sangatlah menghargai usaha tuan dalam memperjelaskan struktur bahasa Melayu dengan jelas dan mudah difahami..
    Akhir kata, terima kasih kerana memuatnaik video yang penuh dengan pengisian berguna bagi mereka yang berhasrat memahami bahasa Melayu.
    As a student who needed to write a thesis in malay language in compliance with Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia, that's pretty much how I write..

  • @FlosBlog
    @FlosBlog 8 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    *being German *
    *hearing about malayan affixation *
    *smiles internally *

    • @clarifier88
      @clarifier88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That strengthen our stereotypes to germans that they are not that expressive xD

    • @zimmermotah4608
      @zimmermotah4608 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i don't get it

    • @AttaBek1422
      @AttaBek1422 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

    • @irnanatasyaahmad5215
      @irnanatasyaahmad5215 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      do German language go affixation too?

    • @IsaaxTeddy
      @IsaaxTeddy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why germans hate spaces?
      poschedoppelkupplung

  • @junclj
    @junclj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    The easiest language to learn in Malaysia. As I'm a Malaysian Chinese can easily handle this language without difficulty.

    • @brickscraft2812
      @brickscraft2812 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chin Lai Jun I learn Malay,english and Chinese,some Indonesian.

    • @coldfusionmusical
      @coldfusionmusical 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Spelling maybe but if one doesn't use it frequently it's still not easy, even though I'm quite competent in the language, at times I can't help throwing in English words especially when I couldn't think of a proper Malay word to describe something.
      The grammar can be confusing at times but the fun fact is when we speak we hardly care about the grammar. 😂😁

    • @asyfer729
      @asyfer729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      as long as anyone can understand it acceptable, i and most people don't really mind about broken malay. it not like it their native language at least they put an effort to speak in our country national language we should appreciate that.

    • @vzrxn
      @vzrxn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      asymir ahmad saferi understanding broken malay and claiming malay to be the easiest language yet not being able to speak properly are two different issues. Which one give more effort, the local citizen that had lived here for generations but still not able to speak national language properly, or the foreign workers such as Bangladeshis who just arrived in less than 6 months but can speak proper BM? Saying that they speak broken BM because it is not their native language is a lame excuse as BM is also not the native language of the Bangladeshis, but yet they still able to give more effort to speak it properly.

    • @blossomlight2719
      @blossomlight2719 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Most Malaysian speaks broken Bahasa Melayu. They not take their national language seriously like Indonesian.

  • @sangdasagriwa3698
    @sangdasagriwa3698 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm Filipino (ethnic Bisaya), but I've been learning Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia. They are like a simplified version of Philippine languages. The Austronesian alignment is minimal, which is a relief since Philippine languages display an almost mind numbing number of variation in the use of active and antipassive constructions. I tried formally teaching myself Tagalog and even as a Bisaya speaker I was sometimes confused.

  • @unicornlight8251
    @unicornlight8251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm a college student in Malaysia and we once watched your video in our Sociolinguistics class! Thank you so much for this informative video and I admire your passion in languages :)

  • @kimothemo
    @kimothemo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    Ramai antara kita tak tahu pasal sejarah bahasa Melayu.

    • @NaraArya94
      @NaraArya94 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      In formal Indonesian "Banyak diantara kita tidak mengetahui tentang sejarah bahasa Melayu" bener kayak gini gak sih? lol XD

    • @able98able98
      @able98able98 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Kalo make bentuk formal, lebih gampang untuk berbicara antara orang berbahasa melayu dengan indonesia karena bentuk informal dari kedua bahasa tsb jauh berbeda

    • @kimothemo
      @kimothemo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, betul bro.

    • @EviendoHariyanto
      @EviendoHariyanto 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      lol, never ever says "gampang" in malaysia, it has different meaning and an offensive word, use "mudah" instead

    • @able98able98
      @able98able98 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ***** My bad... kebiasaan ngomong indo

  • @juztcoole
    @juztcoole 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Malay language is actually really interesting and fun, especially their informal language!

  • @leoyhoong2864
    @leoyhoong2864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    One thing special about living in malaysia is that we have many choices of swear words HAHAHAH

    • @rizalix9
      @rizalix9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do you use bahasa Indonesia swearing word too?

    • @SkeletauR
      @SkeletauR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rizalix9 yeah, always😂

    • @mee2340
      @mee2340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rizalix9 yes sometimes such like kampret, tolol, anjir, and more.

    • @confusedcat7207
      @confusedcat7207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rizalix9 yes

    • @saermaanggun4543
      @saermaanggun4543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣

  • @eugenef.5381
    @eugenef.5381 8 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    the malay looks like a great language, thanks for the video!

    • @nazmiimtiyaz527
      @nazmiimtiyaz527 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eugene F. terima kasih

    • @idezekiel8507
      @idezekiel8507 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zacky51188 this is not Maltanese.

    • @idezekiel8507
      @idezekiel8507 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zacky51188 but Malay is also the same Malay has a mix of European ,Arabic and a bit of Sanskrit

    • @izumiruki
      @izumiruki 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zacky51188 Oh ffs bugger off.

  • @kopxpert
    @kopxpert 7 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    I don't think I've ever used "memakankan" all my life haha. Theoretically the term exists but it's just not used.

    • @ekun87
      @ekun87 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      ya we never use memakankan and probably me-kan doesn't applies to makan..

    • @sofa.4942
      @sofa.4942 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      kopxpert most probably we would just say tolong makankan.

    • @hakimiarshad922
      @hakimiarshad922 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The easiest way to speak is "bagi makan" or even "suapkan" jerrr

    • @abandonedhall8376
      @abandonedhall8376 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      kopxpert same bro

    • @Jack-md1ty
      @Jack-md1ty 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      kopxpert yea,I agreed

  • @MrEueu89
    @MrEueu89 8 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    No you did not slaughter the name of Brunei. In Malaysia, we actually pronounce Brunei like how you did initially, Broon-eye.

    • @maxrex4482
      @maxrex4482 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yep, I haven't heard anyone in Malaysia calling it "Broo-NEI", not even once. So I wonder now which one is correct. Plus, "Broo-NEI" just sounds funny, weird and fake, at least to my ears. LOL.

    • @RizalMuhammadrizal
      @RizalMuhammadrizal 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      in indonesia we say broo-nay, but maybe because we pronounce word like exactly it was written

    • @supersaiyanmelayu7484
      @supersaiyanmelayu7484 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Broon EYE or Bru Nei is true.This two does not have separate mean.

    • @zuberimakena1074
      @zuberimakena1074 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Im a Bruneian, I have never heard anyone says Broon-ayy, everyone here pronounce it Broon-eye

    • @amaruaru396
      @amaruaru396 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Farhan Kanapiah yea same ... aku sabut broon-eye bkn bru-ney 😂 lain jua

  • @cakelovers3905
    @cakelovers3905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When I was a child I called Brunei Bru neih, but my parents laughed at me and correct me as Bru Naai ;-; - A Malaysian

  • @hesoyamt12
    @hesoyamt12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Malay as national language in
    1. *Indonesia* (renamed to bahasa indonesia with a lil bit changes in suffix and etc.)
    2. *Malaysia* (Once renamed to bahasa malaysia and then bahasa melayu again.) Borneo - malay with their own accent, have multiracial language.)
    3. *Singapore*
    4. *Brunei* (and they have their own language too.)

    • @muhammadalfatih2640
      @muhammadalfatih2640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alongside standard Malay we have several dialects which are like standard Malay but the words have been altered quite a bit.
      Water - Air - Aying
      Light - Lampu - Lampung
      There are also words which don't sound like their standard couterpart at all
      Small - Kecil - Damit
      Yes - Ya - Awu
      No - Tidak - Inda
      Tasty - Sedap/Enak - Nyaman
      If you haven't noticed already, there are only 3 vowel sounds in Bahasa Melayu Brunei which are "A" "U and "I".
      Silver - Perak - Pirak
      Gold - Emas - Amas

    • @bobburhan5934
      @bobburhan5934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@muhammadalfatih2640 itu bm brunei dialek. Brunei bm baku sama je mcm Bahasa Baku Malaysia, Singapore

    • @muhammadalfatih2640
      @muhammadalfatih2640 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobburhan5934 Terima kasih menunjukkuan kesalahan yang ada di dalam komen aku sebelum ini. Kata Bob Burhan betul, bahasa baku kita sama.

    • @titehena8278
      @titehena8278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      setuju 100%.
      salam dari surabaya Indonesia

    • @cthalimah180
      @cthalimah180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pocongmumun79 tapi tetap aja dari asal bahasa melayu..

  • @FenixK17
    @FenixK17 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Fun fact: In formal Bahasa Malaysia taught in schools, "orang-orang" is typically used refer to scarecrows. I can't think of another word at the moment where reduplication can be used to also change the meaning of the word.
    This video was an awesome watch!
    P.S: I pronounce Brunei the same English way too and I'm from Malaysia.

    • @hannahmc5291
      @hannahmc5291 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mata = eye
      Mata mata = spy

    • @FenixK17
      @FenixK17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hannahmc5291 in BM, mata-mata is police though. In Indonesia, that's spy.

    • @strawzgaming6153
      @strawzgaming6153 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Orang orang mean many people also true...i give u example "orang-orang di sana okay tak?"

    • @sangdasagriwa3698
      @sangdasagriwa3698 ปีที่แล้ว

      A few more examples: Kuda-kuda, mata-mata

    • @FenixK17
      @FenixK17 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@strawzgaming6153it's not when answering for education purposes or formal setting but it's acceptable for informal speaking/texting. It's a common mistake that has essentially replaced the original meaning.
      Padahal, orang boleh dikatakan sebagai person tapi juga boleh dikatakan sebagai people. Disebabkan ni, orang-orang adalah pergandaan yang lewa Dan hanya sepatutnya digunakan untuk scarecrow.

  • @Indyariya
    @Indyariya 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    It's a Very thorough history of Malay language. Some of that I didn't even know it. Our school should use your video as teaching materials.

  • @attanakmar334
    @attanakmar334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    According to my teachers from the Malaysian Language And Heritage Chamber (DBP), all Malay nouns are plural unless otherwise indicated. So "fish are expensive today " is "ikan mahal hari ini". To indicate a noun is singular, one has to add a numerator (satu, dua, ...) or a numerical descriptor (penjodoh bilangan) such as "sebuah rumah" (a house), "seutas tali" (a string), "sebiji epal" (an apple) and so on. Duplicating a noun may make it into something else. "Orang " is people but "orang-orang" is a scarecrow. "Awan" is cloud but "awan-awan" is a ceiling. "Otak" is brain but "otak-otak" is a fish-based Malay dish.

  • @AussieAlexander
    @AussieAlexander 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It's incredible how much language reflects history. I always find it fascinating to learn about the origins of words like orangutan, and the sorts of words that appear as loan words like book. I find it really connects humanity. Thanks for another great video. I learnt a lot.

    • @glitchyikes
      @glitchyikes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You'll be interested to know how the word "ketchup" comes about. The power of trade in south east asia.

    • @mancoboi
      @mancoboi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      word 'amok' too ....

  • @GOBADONG
    @GOBADONG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +889

    Im a filipino...my question is ... is it easy for me to study Bahasa Malaysia? by the way there are lots of Tagalog words that has the same meaning with Bahasa Malaysia.

    • @asunjian5196
      @asunjian5196 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      maraming parehong salita dahil magkasama ang dalawang wikang ito sa isang pamilya...pati na ang mga major salita gaya ng ako (=aku), ikaw (=enkau), sinta (=cinta), etc etc....btw, pareho ang bahasa melayu sa bahasa indonesia, so pag marunong kang mag bahasa melayu marunong ka na ring magsalita ng bahasa indonesia ;-) si rizal, bago namatay, ay natututo ng bahasa melayu...dahil gusto niya na magkaruon ng pan-malay unity...

    • @ignatiustheodorenico648
      @ignatiustheodorenico648 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      It's not that hard. There are words that sound similar or have similar meaning in these two languages, and that advantages give you a great head-start compared to the other students of Malay (or Indonesian) language.

    • @SeejayKalang
      @SeejayKalang 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I am from Sarawak (Borneo a.k.a East Malaysia) and some of Philippine words are quite similar to the native languages of Sarawak. For example...
      "Child" is "anak" in Iban, Bidayuh and Malay language.
      "Chicken" is "manok" in Iban and Malay language.
      "You" is "ikau" in Malanau langauge.
      "Short" is "pandak" in Iban langauge (not sure is it correct or not)

    • @czeima
      @czeima 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Owl Is Better Than Me bahasa melayu is bahasa malaysia. its the same. thanks.

    • @izrulibrahim3769
      @izrulibrahim3769 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yes mate definitely.for instance,susu = means milk in Malaysia but on top of that,the very top,it means tits

  • @_X1NN_
    @_X1NN_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    Team Malaysia anyone? 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

  • @Kascaded
    @Kascaded 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    wow I never realise how our prefix and suffix would be overwhelming if you’re a learner, it just feels second nature for native speakers like myself

    • @aizad330
      @aizad330 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We learn it at school since kid

    • @iqbalmuhammad2920
      @iqbalmuhammad2920 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you really try to recall, prefix and suffix learning in primary school was quite tough, even for us native speakers.
      The only thing that makes it easier is because we speak it everyday.

  • @nanyate
    @nanyate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Nice intro to the Malay language!
    I grew up in Malaysia and had thought the two languages were very similar. I moved to Indonesia in middle school and was shocked by how different they were.
    The day I arrived in Jakarta, I thought I'd get around fine given my background. But just from the airport to my house, there were already some misunderstandings:
    The driver took a wrong turn and I told him to 'pusing balik' (turn around in Malay). He looked confused for a moment, did a u-turn and then burst out laughing. He then explained that 'pusing' in Indonesian is mainly used for 'pusing kepala' (dizziness in both languages).
    There were many, many more of such interactions during my stay there. I would say almost half of the vocabulary, while similar, carry different meanings/nuances.

    • @Langfocus
      @Langfocus  6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Interesting. I think the two languages seem more similar to learners, because they focus on the more standard form of the languages and use fewer idioms and speak more literally than native speakers. I know the differences are much greater in casual and and “slang” speech.
      It’s probably a bit of twist of fate that made it like that. I think that if Indonesia called their language Bahasa Melayu rather than Bahasa Indonesia, there wouldn’t be nearly as much of a difference. The psychological effect of speaking a “different language” leads to more separation, less integration of media and publishing and entertainment industries, etc. If the USA decides to call their language “American” it would drift further from UK English as well.

    • @azarohamaika
      @azarohamaika 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Langfocus that's one interesting insight. But take into consideration as well that the Malays in Indonesia are, unlike in Malaysia, the minorities. This leads to stronger influences to modify the language. And just like how you eloquently described in the decision to call it "Bahasa Malaysia" in Malaysia, Indonesian serves as the lingua Franca for the speakers of hundreds of languages in Indonesia, thus the government (Language Board) made the conscious effort to make the language easier, more standardized (less exceptions than the Malaysian counterpart), and more neutral in a way. So it's a combination of a conscious choice and natural development.

    • @anggapranata9619
      @anggapranata9619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@azarohamaika you are right. Bahasa indonesia nowadays much more influenced especially by javanese and sundanese since, java island is the center of government, education, media, etc. So, yeah.. it's what it is..

    • @michaelladerman2564
      @michaelladerman2564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try "budak" for a terrible false friend. My father used it in a lecture in Jakarta to refer to children, but in Indonesian, it means slaves! They didn't believe him when he explained that it meant children in Malay.

    • @belle_pomme
      @belle_pomme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelladerman2564 budak also means children in KBBI

  • @AlbinoRaccoon97
    @AlbinoRaccoon97 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I am half Indonesian so I appreciate this video.
    Can't wait for the video which focuses on Bahasa Indonesia specifically!

    • @individual5917
      @individual5917 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You look so different... looks pretty cool.

    • @individual5917
      @individual5917 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You look so different... looks pretty cool.
      Are you half-dutch half-indonesian?

    • @AlbinoRaccoon97
      @AlbinoRaccoon97 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Matheus Lol thank you. No, I am half American actually. My mom is from Indonesia and my father's ancestry is from Germany. I do speak a little Dutch though. I am albino btw

    • @muhammadandrialfian4151
      @muhammadandrialfian4151 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and I'm full Indonesia, haha.. regards

    • @jeffreysetapak
      @jeffreysetapak 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your name is so obvious. Were you born in Batam??? Kamu dilahir dekat Pulau Batam???

  • @Hibcon
    @Hibcon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    thanks man! you're like, the best. one of the most useful and educational channels on TH-cam

    • @Langfocus
      @Langfocus  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's my pleasure! Thank you too!

  • @zayziyy3307
    @zayziyy3307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Malay language have many version,it is :
    🇲🇾(Malay-Malaysian)
    🇧🇳(Malay-Bruneian)
    🇸🇬(Malay-Singaporean)
    🇮🇩(Malay-Indonesian)
    🇹🇭(Malay-Thai/Pattani)
    🇲🇲(Kedahan Malay/Burmese Malay)
    🇵🇭(Malay-Mindanao)
    🇻🇳🇰🇭🇱🇦(Malay-Champs)
    🇹🇱(Malay-Timorese)
    🇦🇺(Malay-Cocos,Kataning)
    🇿🇦(Malay-Cape)
    🇱🇰(Malay-Sri Lankan)
    These is The Malay variation language

    • @zayziyy3307
      @zayziyy3307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its about Homeland not Immigrants for all these 15 countries

    • @Siblingforever687
      @Siblingforever687 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IDC about that

  • @dessman9840
    @dessman9840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for promoting my ansestor's language to the world, your friend from Malaysia

  • @mfaizsyahmi
    @mfaizsyahmi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    You only touched a bit about the dialects, but it's actually very interesting to look at. It varies wildly between parts of the peninsula, and between the East Malaysian states. The northern states of Perlis, Kedah and Pulau Pinang spoke the Utara (northern) dialect (they might be subtle differences between them), Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Melaka, Sabah, Sarawak and Negeri Sembilan all have their own distinct dialects (the latter is related to Minang), and Selangor and Kuala Lumpur doesn't really have their own dialect as they adopt the KL-ite urban Malay slang (which you hear often on television).
    Also interesting fact: there are Malays in Cambodia and Vietnam! They speak the Cham dialect, and being furthest removed from the rest of the speakers they're quite unintelligible. Similar case for the other dialects, particularly of the eastern peninsular states for those unfamiliar with it or just learning Malay.

    • @w4lr6s
      @w4lr6s 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cham dialects are not Malay; they are more closely related to Acehnese. It is a separate language.

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My bad then. They're still culturally related to the Malays though rather than the Viets, Thais and Laos on Indochina.

    • @6753-o3j
      @6753-o3j 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      In the ancient times, Old Cham and Old Malay are probably the same language.

    • @TheMichaelChow
      @TheMichaelChow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what's more horrifying for learners is that(in case of indonesian, what? it's still classified as a malay language), in a lot of rural areas the local dialects aren't really that hard to learn since they don't differ extremely from the standardized part(more like there's a different language spoken there altogether that's the hard part).
      But when they come to the big cities..... what's with all the slangs and different pronunciations and sometimes additional grammar? boy, do they make some foreigners gave up(i got a friend who stopped trying to understand what the fuck the illegal parking attendants(lower economic class people) were actually saying because they added nasal voices to their pronunciations)

    • @TheMichaelChow
      @TheMichaelChow 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh, i'm from Jakarta, by the way, so the nasal voices applies to Jakarta only as far as i know

  • @parisan9985
    @parisan9985 7 ปีที่แล้ว +769

    Can any Malay read this?
    سايَ ادالَهْ توليسَنْ يَڠْ دِبونوهْ أَولَيهْ بَڠْساكو سنْديري.

    • @aqimjulayhi8798
      @aqimjulayhi8798 7 ปีที่แล้ว +347

      Saya adalah tulisan yang dibunuh oleh bangsaku sendiri.
      Sad, but true. We need to keep it alive.

    • @ccarlos20111
      @ccarlos20111 7 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      aku bukan orang melayu, tapi saya memikir itu jawi?

    • @parisan9985
      @parisan9985 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Carlo ya betul tu.

    • @zimam8739
      @zimam8739 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      فارِس حافِى Bahasa boleh bunuh ker......

    • @zimam8739
      @zimam8739 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      newbieshelper we have....but this video is a little bit mistake.....like..memakankan...I never that word exist...and it should mengajar not mangajar

  • @adfilluz
    @adfilluz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I think that the phrase 'do not want' in Standard Malay is 'tidak mahu', 'tak nak' sounds more like West Malaysian dialect

    • @monarchatto6095
      @monarchatto6095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Definitely.
      Source: am western malay.

    • @gulagula4888
      @gulagula4888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      'tak nak' is also standard malay. everybody learn it at school.

    • @monarchatto6095
      @monarchatto6095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gulagula4888 Yeah, it is, but it’s not really formal malay, at least in my negeri.

    • @kivarshan5011
      @kivarshan5011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gulagula4888 tidak mahu are standard Malay, tak nak is dialect Malay.

    • @gulagula4888
      @gulagula4888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kivarshan5011 dialect? Have you ever heard of sinkope?

  • @pepabukas
    @pepabukas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Dude, as A Malay, I'm proud of what u doing here..almost precise bro! Keep it up..

  • @lightbringer6650
    @lightbringer6650 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hey dude i got hooked to your videos since last week. Awesome work you do!

  • @namiaje560
    @namiaje560 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There is one more group of language which is bahasa istana . Makan =santap , sakit =gering, murka = marah etc. Which is quite unique i feel.

  • @KendrixTermina
    @KendrixTermina 7 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    So this Kelantan place is the Bavaria of Malaysia. Somehow every Country has that ThickAccentPlace.

    • @yussofross1417
      @yussofross1417 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      KendrixTermina It's not even a dialect up there.They have their own language.

    • @mohd.hishamujang7508
      @mohd.hishamujang7508 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Not so much a thick accent, rather the kelantanese say a lot of things differently and name a lot of things differently. Sounds more like a thin accent haha

    • @alanmore8935
      @alanmore8935 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a dialect not an accent...

    • @mnbr6884
      @mnbr6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Fariston, Ik! Every state has its own dialect

    • @MintyMiku
      @MintyMiku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Texas accent is like Kedah 😂😂

  • @daiealpha594
    @daiealpha594 5 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Fun fact: orang-orang means scarecrow

    • @pixslexia9180
      @pixslexia9180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Orang Minyak?? what?? Oilman?? 😂

    • @aimami7736
      @aimami7736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It have two meanings

    • @rizkypratiwi2071
      @rizkypratiwi2071 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daie Alpha oh really? In Indonesia orang-orang means people, while scarecrow is called orang-orangan sawah (the "an" ending oftenly refers to a duplicate of something or more like a toy such as rumah-rumahan, mobil-mobilan)

    • @fathuladnin6081
      @fathuladnin6081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It depends on how we use it.
      For instant, "Orang-orang disini semuanya kaya-raya = People who live in here all are riches.
      And
      "Petani menggunakan orang-orang untuk menakutkan burung di sawah padi" = Farmer uses scarecrow to scare the birds at rice field.

    • @thankuslay6766
      @thankuslay6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In Indonesia ''scarecrow'' is orang-orangan sawah, lol

  • @marctang3802
    @marctang3802 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    You pronounced it correctly, I say Brunei like how you initially said it. I’m from Malaysia by the way.

    • @rinaxina206
      @rinaxina206 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marc Tang me too

  • @ElmiZulkarnain
    @ElmiZulkarnain 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Seriously, this is a great video! Thanks for sharing this to the WORLD!

  • @hazimirsyad7663
    @hazimirsyad7663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    High schoolers: How am I supposed to know if it's she or he????
    Malay speaker: **Laugh with no grammatical gender**

    • @bume2212
      @bume2212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Siapa dia?

    • @kyril98741
      @kyril98741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Somehow Malay are the answer for those fool that believe in 73 gender...

    • @seid3366
      @seid3366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Armenian: Na for 3rd person. You’ll be fine.

    • @aizad330
      @aizad330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The power of "dia"

    • @mrmimeprime4149
      @mrmimeprime4149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aizad330 yep..

  • @balinesematrempit
    @balinesematrempit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Actually Indonesia is bahasa Melayu, because Indonesia has a lot of culture and so many ethnic, the government of Indonesia only change a name from bahasa Melayu to bahasa Indonesia 😁

    • @mellysiloam1108
      @mellysiloam1108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many different u know!!!

    • @TalibanKampong
      @TalibanKampong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha janji rempit bro

    • @balinesematrempit
      @balinesematrempit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TalibanKampong i'm Indonesian, but i love being mat rempit in Bali after my Malaysian girlfriend leave me

    • @withyou5961
      @withyou5961 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrong !

    • @かずら-g4m
      @かずら-g4m ปีที่แล้ว

      bahasa melayu riau

  • @sciencewithme4649
    @sciencewithme4649 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Now im proud with my language ( Malay )
    Saya berbanga dgn bahasa sya!

  • @rikako.o8694
    @rikako.o8694 8 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Saya sekarang belajar bahasa Indonesia di Jepan, tetapi saya mau belajar bahasa Malaysia juga!

    • @Hamsul
      @Hamsul 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rikako. O sudah tentu boleh. .

    • @kotakata1432
      @kotakata1432 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      boleh dan lagi satu bahasa melayu lebih standardized

    • @fm_malaysia
      @fm_malaysia 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      jika kamu bisa bicara dalam bahasa indonesia, orang2 Malaysia bisa faham apa yang kamu cakap

    • @iwantyou2487
      @iwantyou2487 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      AKU TAK FAHAM APE INDON CKP..TPI KLU INDON CKP AKU FAHAM

    • @anggitindrawan9552
      @anggitindrawan9552 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      hai Hack hahaha😂😂😂bahasa indon lebih banyak peminat di bandingkan bahasa malay....

  • @luongo7886
    @luongo7886 8 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    WOW! Bahasa Malysia and Bahasa Indonesia are so fun and easy to learn! Respect from Vietnam.

    • @ralljedd6336
      @ralljedd6336 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Luong Do VIETNAMESE AND THAI AND LAO ARE SO TONAL AND HARD TO LEARN

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vietnamese is a pain in the ass to learn. No offense.

    • @spoiledeggnog
      @spoiledeggnog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah the Vietnamese language are just scribbles. Or is it Thai?
      Edit: it is Thai not Vietnamese my bad

    • @quekbridget5988
      @quekbridget5988 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It takes time to learn a language ^_^

    • @winterhellercru2538
      @winterhellercru2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can learn from your Cham fellow as well. They are Malay

  • @Bloxwie
    @Bloxwie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    for colloquial malay, the affixation is almost barely used, like for example to say
    'the teacher is teaching his students"
    standard malay:
    'cikgu itu *mengajar* anak-anak murid'
    colloquial malay.
    'cikgu itu *ajar* anak-anak murid"

    • @infj5196
      @infj5196 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Usually we say "cikgu tenga ajar anak murid"

  • @Ezullof
    @Ezullof 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I was amazed to find samskrit words in malaysian when I first tried to read a malaysian paper. They were perfectly recognizable, and in fact it seems like most of them didn't change.

    • @AzrinAziz
      @AzrinAziz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah, aside of phonology simplification, the sanskrit words in Malay are largely intact.

    • @pokya-anakrantau8845
      @pokya-anakrantau8845 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep

    • @Staint12
      @Staint12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Malay has a lot of Sanskrit and Arabic/Persian influence due to Religion and Trade.

    • @dunkenus
      @dunkenus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you mean like Bumi,Syurga,Neraka,Pahala,Duka,Dosa,Putra,Sengsara?...

    • @nexu6517
      @nexu6517 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sanskrit, Arab and Persian significantly influenced the Malay language. Brought by the Srivijaya kingdom and when Arab was introduced. Persian was brought by some of the Arabs too as Arabic and Persian was close and spoken by many Arabs. Then came the Dutch which influenced food. And finally the British which influenced more words into the Malay language. Here are some languages loanwords in Malay come from.
      Hokkien
      Cantonese
      other Chinese dialect
      Sanskrit
      Jawi
      Arabic
      Persian
      Dutch
      English
      Greek
      Tamil
      Portuguese

  • @Omegaeon1
    @Omegaeon1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    Salam Aleikum from Algeria :)

    • @hidupmati6064
      @hidupmati6064 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      waalaikusalam..me from malay

    • @muhamadsufi2747
      @muhamadsufi2747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Waalaikummussalam. . .

    • @nur-xy4sp
      @nur-xy4sp 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Waalaikumussalam...

    • @muhamadsufi2747
      @muhamadsufi2747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nur 97 alaikum ka alaykum,kumusalam,kummusalam,mussalam,musalam, sya Pown x pasti. . .

    • @earrieyjasnie6535
      @earrieyjasnie6535 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Waalaikumussalam umayyad. Waner bos sihat dok?

  • @Bobomeetworld
    @Bobomeetworld 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bahasa Melayu is a very polite language because we don't use "you" (in bahasa: kamu/awak) "and "I" (in bahasa : aku) to our parent/ older/superior people for example English "Mom, what are ""you"" making for dinner tonight?" in Bahasa "Ibu, apa yang ""ibu"" masak untuk makan malam hari ini?"

  • @nasiaking
    @nasiaking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I am from Riau, Indonesia. Once I visited a village and have achat with an elderly lady. She apologized not to be able to speak "melayu tinggi" and speak "kampong" language only. Melayu tinggi she ment is Bahasa Indonesia, while kampong language is local malay dialec which letter 'R' is not trilled pronounciate but sounds more like Dutch letter "G". And vowel 'A' at the end of the word is pronounciated 'O' instead of sogt "E".

    • @sundalongpatpat
      @sundalongpatpat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not from Indonesia and I don't speak your Bahasa but I don't like his way of pronouncing Indonesia for Bahasa Indonesia. Is it just me? Tell me if Indonesians are okay with it and I'd shut my mouth.

    • @naomikimberlyrustam7307
      @naomikimberlyrustam7307 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@sundalongpatpat (Sorry for tagging) I'm Indonesian, but for a foreigner, I think it's good! I mean, it's an opinion and I think no one minds with your opinion ^^

    • @donflamingo795
      @donflamingo795 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A at the end is pronounced as O?
      Same like Muar people from Johor

    • @violetadair5990
      @violetadair5990 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Malay tinggi is standard malay, not indonesian

    • @nasiaking
      @nasiaking 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@violetadair5990 I am not talking about Malaysia.. I am talking about ethnic malay in Riau in Indonesia.

  • @garigari8937
    @garigari8937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    you can make a text book out of this.Literally we learn this in Pre-University in Malaysia

  • @muhsein
    @muhsein 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Awesome! Greetings from Kuala Lumpur!

  • @ReefearEapear
    @ReefearEapear 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    There have wrong about "orang-orang" to refer "many people". Orang-orang is a scarecrow which often seeing in paddy field to scare the birds, rats and other insects what want to eat the paddy. The correct word is "ramai orang" to refer to "many peoples". The other word is "orang ramai" also to refer "peoples".
    We also can call it "banyak orang". Banyak = many. Ramai = many (but only refer to human). Banyak orang or ramai orang are same meaning. But orang-orang is not the correct word to "pluralized" the word.

    • @NanceeMarin
      @NanceeMarin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Indonesians say both "orang-orang" and "banyak orang." We say "orang-orangan" for "orang-orang" (scarecrow).

    • @ReefearEapear
      @ReefearEapear 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nancee Marin Kinda interesting. Haha.

    • @ReefearEapear
      @ReefearEapear 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nancee Marin But, to refer to these video, I prefer it must be corrected as the subject of the video is "Bahasa Melayu". Means, in Malay, orang-orang is refer to scarecrow. Thats it.

    • @happymobile4214
      @happymobile4214 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Adham Jong JI WON patut belajar classical malay itu banyak diajar dlm kesusasteraan melayu.video ini byk belajar ttg tatabahasa.bagus2 belajar bm.

    • @ReefearEapear
      @ReefearEapear 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Happy Mobile. Ehh.. Aku ingat engkau yg kutuk aku masa aku komen pasal lagu Aiman Tino tu kata aku ni tak de jiwa sastera.., kat sini kau setuju lak dengan melayu klasik aku.. Kan aku dah cakap, budak Sains ni tak bodoh dalam Sastera.

  • @audrianawiz4788
    @audrianawiz4788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    as a Malaysian , I think I learned much more from you than my 6 years of history class in Malaysia

    • @aizad330
      @aizad330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao