tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post9158325290804668786..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: An old column on Bahasa MalaysiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-32546524014097011942011-05-05T15:36:39.817+08:002011-05-05T15:36:39.817+08:00tell me, Mr. Author, has the formalisation of the ...tell me, Mr. Author, has the formalisation of the Bahasa Malaysia or Melayu, whichever is used, makes no difference, been a success? This is a multicultural and multi-racial society, unlike China where it's society although made-up of different dialects but are of one ethnic group, the chinese. Taking away the usage of English as a medium of instruction in school is one thing. But lowering the standard of the English language in the country or almost to a point of non-existence in West Malaysia, is a 'suicide' in the Development sense for both it's people and the country! The English language, being an internationally recognised tool of communication has been forsaken purely for the sake of one race's strive for 'supremacy'. Whether one language unites a country is a very subjective issue but to jeopardize the next generation's future is very selfish of it's government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-36443381389514702672007-06-17T19:07:00.000+08:002007-06-17T19:07:00.000+08:00From thinkquest.org:"...evolved under the influenc...From thinkquest.org:<BR/><BR/>"...evolved under the influence of Sanskrit, Arabic and Polynesian cultures..."<BR/><BR/>So i won't use the word "pure" to describe the language. Rather, "rich" is better suited for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-48519611593206602302007-06-17T19:02:00.000+08:002007-06-17T19:02:00.000+08:00Well, i don't see the existence of "pure" Bahasa M...Well, i don't see the existence of "pure" Bahasa Melayu in the first place. Melayu itself is not "Melayu" in the sense that it comes from a dialect from the Indian continent. That was almost a millenia ago. Bahasa Melayu has a lot of Hinduism influences. You can find this even in SPM's History text. I hope that they won't censor that part of history out from the textbook just to protect the Ketuanan Melayu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-75220459130786184592007-06-17T17:56:00.000+08:002007-06-17T17:56:00.000+08:00I just wonder people like u and me would learn BM ...I just wonder people like u and me would learn BM if it is not a compulsory subject to pass. Anyway, pure Bahasa Melayu is a beautiful language, not Bahasa Malaysia. Bahasa Malaysia is already tainted with too many English words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-82924871445600699782007-06-17T17:44:00.000+08:002007-06-17T17:44:00.000+08:00sorry, withoutsorry, withoutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-83701830389687079322007-06-17T17:43:00.000+08:002007-06-17T17:43:00.000+08:00It seems our leaders have nothing to do. Things ca...It seems our leaders have nothing to do. Things can be changed overnight with thorough consideration. I hope this not reflective of the Malay's attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-50233266627484362632007-06-17T10:17:00.000+08:002007-06-17T10:17:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.lXlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14084215566013840389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-86934659652426268552007-06-17T04:48:00.000+08:002007-06-17T04:48:00.000+08:00When I initially heard the ruling back in secondar...When I initially heard the ruling back in secondary school, I remember feeling resentful that we had to learn "another race's language" under the pretext of it being our national language. 'cos indeed, as you said it, if it were a "national" language, then why not call it after the nation?<BR/><BR/>Looking back, I still feel resentful, AND paranoid, because if Malays are people who speak Bahasa Melayu (as defined by the Constitution), then what message is the govt. trying to send by making everybody learn Bahasa MELAYU? I won't go as far as to say that it may be trying to Malayise everybody, but the idea that maybe the govt. was trying to reiterate the supremacy of the Malay race by making everyone else learn their language, did cross my mind.<BR/><BR/>But, never mind. It's still Bahasa Melayu. In English, it's still called the Malay language. And non-Malay Malaysian students overseas still get asked by confused people:<BR/><BR/>So, all Malaysians speak Malay? Y.<BR/>Are you Malay? N.<BR/>But you speak Malay? Y.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the grimace on my face further confuses them, but why explain it? I'm the Malaysian, and even I don't get it.Sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09847848294482766294noreply@blogger.com