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Example sentences for: malays

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To give the Malays safeguards against economically dominant Chinese and Indians, the British created the new Federation of Malaya in 1948.
Intent on capturing a piece of the Portuguese trade in pepper and other spices, the Java-based Dutch allied with the Malays in 1633 to blockade Melaka.
Farther down, urban Malays form a modern bourgeoisie, cultivating contacts with the Arab Middle East and keeping only a remote eye on their country estates.
Under his administration, emphasis was placed on improving the status and position of the Malays and “other indigenous peoples. ”
To match their long-term stake in the country’s prosperity, the Chinese and Indians wanted political equality with the Malays.