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.

All labels observed (4)

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

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