A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay   By: William Edward Maxwell (1846-1897)

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[k.], [h.], [t.], [d.], [n.], [m.], [r.] (letters with dot under: except [k.] and [h.], these are used only in Sanskrit words) [.n] (n with dot over, in Sanskrit words) [)a], [)e], [)u] (vowel with breve or "short" sign) [ a] (a with macron or "long" sign)

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MANUAL OF THE MALAY LANGUAGE.

NEW WORKS ON

MALAY LANGUAGE

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LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO. LTD. Dryden House, Gerrard Street, W.

A MANUAL

of the

MALAY LANGUAGE.

with

An Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay.

by

WILLIAM EDWARD MAXWELL, of the Inner Temple, Barrister At Law; Assistant Resident, Perak, Malay Peninsula.

EIGHTH EDITION.

LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO. Ltd. Dryden House, Gerrard Street, W.

1907

Je n'en refuis aulcune de phrases qui s'usent emmy les rues; ceux qui veulent combattre l'usage par la grammaire se mocquent.

MONTAIGNE.

PREFACE.

The language which I have endeavoured to illustrate in the following pages is the Malay of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca, some knowledge of which I have had the opportunity of acquiring during sixteen years' service in Penang, Province Wellesley, Malacca, Singapore, and Perak.