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.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Old Malay (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.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Old Malay canonical 18
Classical Malay 12
Malay language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language variety ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
stage of the Malay language ⓘ
earliestAttestation 7th century CE ⓘ
followedBy Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Malay

Modern Malay ⓘ
linked to: Malay
hasAncestor Proto-Malayic ⓘ
linked to: Malayic languages

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 Old Javanese ⓘ
linked to: Kawi (Old Javanese)

Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
modernDescendant Brunei Malay ⓘ
linked to: Malay

Indonesian ⓘ
Standard Malay ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Malay language ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay

Malayic language ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
usedByPolity Srivijaya ⓘ
linked to: Srivijaya Empire
usedByReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
usedInRegion Borneo ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ
Srivijaya Empire ⓘ
Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script (Jawi, later period transition) ⓘ
Old Kawi script ⓘ
linked to: Kawi script

Pallava script ⓘ
Rencong script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Old Malay → subclassOf → Malay language ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Indonesian → standardBasedOn → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Srivijaya Empire → languageUsed → Old Malay ⓘ
Malacca Sultanate → officialLanguage → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Johor Sultanate → officialLanguage → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Sailendra dynasty → languageUsed → Old Malay ⓘ
Kawi language → influencedBy → Old Malay ⓘ
Betawi Malay → developedFrom → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Parameswara → language → Old Malay ⓘ
Batu Sawar → languageUsedHistorically → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Jambi Malay → influencedBy → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Johor Lama → languageUsed → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Palembang Malay → influencedBy → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Banjarese Malay → influencedBy → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Kawi → usedForLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ
Raden Patah → language → Old Malay ⓘ
Old Malay script → writingSystemOf → Old Malay language ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Dara Petak → languageOfWorkOrName → Old Malay ⓘ
Balaputradewa → languageContext → Old Malay ⓘ
Dharmasraya → hasLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ
Cham Malay → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Srivijayan Buddhism → hasLanguage → Old Malay ⓘ
Megat Iskandar Shah → language → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay
Selangor Sultanate → ceremonialLanguage → Classical Malay ⓘ
linked to: Old Malay