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Example sentences for: malay

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As Srivijaya declined in the 14th century, the Malay peninsula was carved up among Cambodia, Thailand, and the Javanese Hindu empire of Majapahit.
He spoke Malay, was familiar with local custom and religion, and respected chiefs and peasants alike.
With a bicameral government under a constitutional monarchy (see page 15), the independent Federation made Malay the compulsory national language and Islam the official religion.
It does not come, however, from Siam, as Thailand was once known, but is of Malay origin, drawing on themes from the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Bright and enticing, these colorfully patterned fabrics are today both hand- and factory-made in Kelantan and Terengganu, but had their origins in the Malay kingdoms of Java over 1,000 years ago.