Re: Malay language for 'Malayland'

On 18 Sep 2005 21:55:32 -0700, "Mr Magoo" <sham@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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>Pan wrote:
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>> Hmmm...Should we discuss this? How are we defining "bumiputera"? Would
>> that be perhaps the people who are the second-oldest surviving people
>> in a country? Because Malays are not aborigines. That said, Arabic is
>> an official language in Israel, as is Malay in Singapore.
>
>Hebrew is not the official language?

Yes, but English and Arabic are also official languages, which is
similar in some ways to the situation in Singapore where there is a
predominant official language (English, I'd think) and three other
official languages.

> That is something new to me. What
>about in official government ceremony? Do they use Arabic language?

I honestly don't know how much Arabic is used for ceremonies. Not
much, I'm guessing, but I could be wrong. But there certainly is a
public school system for Arab students where subjects other than
Hebrew language are taught in Arabic, and Kol Yisrael (The Voice of
Israel) has an Arabic-language service to serve both domestic and
international Arabic-speaking audiences.

Best,

Michael

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