Old Malay

E14600
Austronesian language variety historical language stage of the Malay language

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Old Malay canonical 16
Classical Malay 9
Malay language 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 (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kawi (Old Javanese) → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Old Malay ⓘ
Old Malay → subclassOf → Old Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay language
Indonesian → standardBasedOn → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Srivijaya Empire → languageUsed → Old Malay ⓘ
Malacca Sultanate → officialLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Johor Sultanate → officialLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Kedukan Bukit inscription → language → Old Malay ⓘ
Sailendra dynasty → languageUsed → Old Malay ⓘ
Telaga Batu inscription → language → Old Malay ⓘ
Kawi language → influencedBy → Old Malay ⓘ
Karang Brahi inscription → writingSystem → Old Malay ⓘ
Betawi Malay → developedFrom → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Parameswara → language → Old Malay ⓘ
Batu Sawar → languageUsedHistorically → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Jambi Malay → influencedBy → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Johor Lama → languageUsed → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Palembang Malay → influencedBy → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Banjarese Malay → influencedBy → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Kawi → usedForLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ
Raden Patah → language → Old Malay ⓘ
Old Malay script → writingSystemOf → Old Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Malay language
Old Malay script → usedForLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ
Dara Petak → languageOfWorkOrName → Old Malay ⓘ
Kedukan Bukit → languageOfInscription → Old Malay ⓘ
Dapunta Hyang → languageOfInscriptions → Old Malay ⓘ
Balaputradewa → languageContext → Old Malay ⓘ
Dharmasraya → hasLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ