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Example sentences for: malay

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They faced repeated assault and siege from neighboring Malay forces, and malaria was a constant scourge.
The lucrative tin mines of Kuala Lumpur in the State of Selangor, of Sungai Ujong in Negeri Sembilan, and of Larut and Taiping in Perak were run for the Malay rulers by Chinese managers providing coolie labor.
This elegant art form evolved over 400 years in the Malay state of Patani, now part of southern Thailand, and is in the present performed across the border in Kelantan.
He spoke Malay, was familiar with local custom and religion, and respected chiefs and peasants alike.
Its colonies on the peninsula’s west coast brought with them the Malay language (Malayu was the name of a state on Sumatra).