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How often are language changes “reversed”?

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PSM got nearly double the amount of votes they got for PRU15 in the recent by-election despite the much lower voter turnout

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Apa padanan bahasa Melayunya?

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Sekerap manakah mata wang dolar Brunei/Singapura dirujuk sebagai "ringgit Brunei/Singapura" oleh orang Brunei/Singapura semasa berbahasa Melayu?

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Bagaimanakah "orang barat" dapat membawa maksud "orang Kelantan" dalam dialek Kelantan dan Pahang? Apakah sejarah ataupun latar belakang di sebalik timbulnya definisi ini untuk kata "orang barat" itu?

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Asal usul kata "mat saleh" (orang putih)

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Why are "ca-" (/kæ/) sequences in English words often borrowed into Japanese as "キャ" (kya or /kja/) instead of just as "カ" (ka)?

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Malay picture dictionary for learners of Malay (includes English and Arabic translations for all the words)

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Saja tengok keyboard Jawi BM kat iPhone sekejap. Huruf ڽ (nya) takde 🥲

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Jurang generasi

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When did Malay non-rhoticity come about?

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Why was “English” borrowed into Malay and Indonesian as “Inggeris”/“Inggris” with an R when these two languages very much had distinct /r/ and /l/ phonemes?

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Pada pendapat korang, opsyen yang manakah merupakan "char kuey teow"?

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“Text-to-speech” sudah ada untuk BM di Google Translate!

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Why did Noah Webster standardize spelling ⟨-re⟩ as in “metre” as ⟨-er⟩ but didn’t standardize spelling ⟨-le⟩ as in “sample” as ⟨-el⟩?

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Where do these pronunciations of "drawing" and "withdrawing" with an epenthesized L come from?

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Aku terjumpa asal usul logo subreddit ni

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Betapa pentingnya konteks dalam bahasa Melayu xD

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Vowel length of monopthongized diphthongs in certain American English accents

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Genetics and air pressure too determine your accent?

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Macam manakah korang sebut 'iklan'?

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How do you pronounce 'mayor'?

A place for learning English. 英語の学びのスペースです。 Un lugar para aprender Inglés. مكان لتعلم اللغة الإنجليزية. Un lieu pour apprendre l'Anglais. Ein Ort zum Englisch lernen.

How did the American pronunciation of 'Robin Hood' come to be?

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