Old Malay
E14600
Old Malay is an early historical form of the Malay language that served as a major lingua franca and literary language in maritime Southeast Asia.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Malay | 0 | 3 |
| Malay language | 0 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language variety
→
historical language → stage of the Malay language → |
| earliestAttestation | 7th century CE → |
| followedBy |
Malay
→
surface form:
Classical Malay
Malay →
surface form:
Modern Malay
|
| hasAncestor |
Malayic languages
→
surface form:
Proto-Malayic
Malayo-Polynesian languages →
surface form:
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
|
| hasFeature |
early Malayic morphology
→
extensive Sanskrit loanwords → use of particles similar to modern Malay → |
| ISOStatus | has no separate ISO 639-3 code (treated under Malay) → |
| languageBranch | Malayic languages → |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages → |
| languageSubfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages → |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Kawi (Old Javanese)
→
surface form:
Old Javanese
Prakrit → Sanskrit → Tamil → |
| modernDescendant |
Malay
→
surface form:
Brunei Malay
Indonesian → Malay →
surface form:
Standard Malay
various Malayic regional dialects → |
| notableInscription |
Karang Brahi inscription
→
Kedukan Bukit inscription → Talang Tuwo inscription → Telaga Batu inscription → |
| scriptOrigin | derived from Pallava script of South India → |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian language
→
Old Malay self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Malay language
Malayic language → |
| timePeriod |
10th century
→
7th century → 8th century → 9th century → |
| usedAs |
lingua franca
→
literary language → |
| usedByPolity |
Srivijaya Empire
→
surface form:
Srivijaya
|
| usedByReligion |
Buddhism
→
Hinduism → |
| usedInRegion |
Borneo
→
Malay Peninsula → Srivijaya Empire → Strait of Malacca → Sumatra → maritime Southeast Asia → |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script (Jawi, later period transition)
→
Kawi script →
surface form:
Old Kawi script
Pallava script → Rencong script → |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Classical Malay
this entity surface form:
Classical Malay
this entity surface form:
Classical Malay
this entity surface form:
Malay language