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  2. Rukun Negara - Wikipedia

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    The National Principles (Malay: Rukun Negara; Jawi: ‏روکون نݢارا ‎) is the Malaysian declaration of national philosophy instituted by royal proclamation on Merdeka Day, 1970, in reaction to the 13 May race riots, which occurred in 1969. [1]

  3. History of the Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Malayic is the language believed to have existed in prehistoric times, spoken by the early Austronesian settlers in the region. Its ancestor, the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language that derived from Proto-Austronesian, began to break up by at least 2000 BCE as a result possibly by the southward expansion of Austronesian peoples into the Philippines, Borneo, Maluku and Sulawesi from the ...

  4. Malaysian names - Wikipedia

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    English, such as Orked (from the English "orchid") or Ros (from "rose") Names of Arabo - Hebrew origins are also common, for example Adam , Yaakob , Ishak , Bunyamin and Danial and Sarah . In addition, names of Arabo-Hebrew origins that seldom used by Muslim Arabs are widespread among Malays, such as the female names of Saloma and Rohana.

  5. Malaysian English - Wikipedia

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    Malaysian English (MyE), formally known as Malaysian Standard English (MySE) (similar and related to British English), is a form of English used and spoken in Malaysia.While Malaysian English can encompass a range of English spoken in Malaysia, some consider it to be distinct from the colloquial form commonly called Manglish.

  6. Kelantanese Malays - Wikipedia

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    See: Kelantan-Pattani Malay Kelantanese Malays speak a highly divergent Kelantanese Malay, also known as Baso Kelate or Kecek Kelate by its native speakers. The language is known for its "e" and "o" sounds which is very different from standard Malay.

  7. Thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

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    A thermoelectric generator (TEG), also called a Seebeck generator, is a solid state device that converts heat (driven by temperature differences) directly into electrical energy through a phenomenon called the Seebeck effect [1] (a form of thermoelectric effect).

  8. Malacca Sultanate - Wikipedia

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    The fall of Malacca benefited other kingdoms such as Brunei whose ports became a new entrepôt as the kingdom emerged as a new center of trade in the Malay Archipelago, attracting many Muslim traders who fled from the Portuguese occupation after the ruler of Brunei's conversion to Islam. [69] [70]

  9. Peranakan Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Peranakans often played the role of middleman of the British and the Chinese, or the Chinese and Malays, because they were mostly English educated and spoke Malay more fluently than newer Chinese immigrants. [citation needed] By the middle of the twentieth century, most Peranakan were English or Dutch-educated at Western-style institutions.