Malaccan Malay
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| Malaccan Malay | |
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| Bahasa Melayu Melaka بهاس ملايو ملاک | |
| Loghat Melaka | |
| Pronunciation | [loɣat məlakə] |
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Malacca, western Selangor (south of the Selangor River until Kuala Langat) |
Native speakers | Unknown (under tag 'zlm')[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zlm |
| Glottolog | mela1261 |
Malaccan Malay (Loghat Melaka, lit. 'Dialect of Malacca'; Malay: Bahasa Melayu Melaka; Jawi: بهاس ملايو ملاک) is a Malayic language spoken in the Malaysian states of Malacca and less prominently in western Selangor. In Malacca, it is mainly spoken in Malacca City and in the areas surrounding it,[2] while in western Selangor, it is spoken from south of the Selangor River until the district of Kuala Langat, although migration of people of different linguistic backgrounds into the area have made it less prevalent in Selangor.[3]
In between these two areas where Malaccan Malay is spoken, a vastly different dialect of Malay is spoken, Negeri Sembilan Malay. Spoken mainly in the state of Negeri Sembilan and also in some parts of Malacca (mainly in Alor Gajah) and Selangor, this dialect arose as a result of significant Minangkabau migration into these areas starting as early as the 14th century. The emergence of this dialect is believed to be what split the Malaccan Malay dialect into two separate unconnected dialect areas instead of forming one continuous dialect chain.[4]
