MALAYSIAN HAIKU JUNE 11, 2003

malay says anda for "YOU"

Jap says anata

ancient links



historians say the malays were originally from

around Taiwan where one can still find a lot of

tribes whose language show malay influences. from there

many were said to go on to inhabit the okinawan region and

south east asia.



other similarities:



for name; malay; nama; japanese; nama

for father; malay; ayah; japanese; oyah

for me; malay; aku, japanese; boku










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