A Grammar of the Malayan Language: With an Introduction and Praxis (Classic Reprint)

Marsden, William

ISBN 10: 1330336054 / ISBN 13: 9781330336052

Published by Forgotten Books, 2019

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292 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.60 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Grammar of the Malayan Language: With an Introduction and Praxis (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330336054
• ISBN 13: 9781330336052
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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Excerpt from A Grammar of the Malayan Language

That the Malayan language has obtained this extensive cur reney is attributable in the first place to the enterprising and commercial character of the people, who either by force of arms or in the spirit of mercantile speculation, have established them selves in every part of the archipelago convenient for their pur suits; and perhaps in an equal degree, to the qualities of the language itself, being remarkably soft and easy of pronunciation, simple in the grammatical relation of its words, and in the construction of its sentences, plain and natural. The attention indeed to smoothness of utterance is so great that not only, in the formation of derivatives, letters are systematically changed in order to please the ear, but also in words borrowed from the continental tongues, the Malays are accustomed to polish down the rougher consonants to the standard of their own organs.