I was wondering why was the language name changed from Bahasa Malaysia to Bahasa Melayu? Some of you guys who took SPM in the '90s and early 2000s sat for the Bahasa Malaysia paper. What was the reason for the name change?

because maruah

U don't lie

Taking STPM n it was Bahasa Malaysia

I thought it was Bahasa Melayu then to Bahasa Malaysia?

I dunno what the official stance is, but I've always used both names for the language interchangeably. It's the language of the Malay people, and it's the national language of our country.

Bahasa Melayu
----> Bahasa (Melayu) Malaysia
----> Bahasa (Melayu) Indonesia
----> Bahasa (Melayu) Brunei

Bahasa Melayu is the mother set. Regional variants are subset.

This post has been edited by ukapaka: Apr 25 2021, 02:37 PM

watever la...u use it to buy nasi lemak je

unker, name changed already la https://www.mpm.edu.my/en/stpm/stpm-syllabus

and many do not realize it's "i have the numbers" that was education minister that time of the change

pretty sure it is still known as Bahasa Malaysia

whichever you like, same meaning anyway

i read somewhere its like american, australian, etc speaks the english language

not american, australian etc language


i could be wrong of the reasons tho

last time my cikgu explained, got 2 competing schools of thought

1 is emphasis melayu because race

1 is emphasis malaysia because national language

depends what is going on in the political brains at the top... how best to racing leh? show off the name? or show off the 1st-class status?

Lol, why is this even a problem? Everyone know b melayu = b malaysia.

Bahasa jiwa bangsa, they said.

Bangsa Malaysia doesn't exist, so Bahasa Malaysia doesn't exist.

I think..

And also political sentiment on racial superiority plays a role too.

This post has been edited by lucifer_666: Apr 25 2021, 02:47 PM

racist tu kanser,
tapi tak mau rawat,

Tanya Anwar la..

This was the case.

Both are correct since Bahasa Melayu is the national language of Malaysia, which makes it also Bahasa Malaysia. Similar to how Mandarin is often called Chinese because it is the primary dialect of China. Or how American English is sometimes just referred to as American.

Really? I have never heard of anyone asking "do you speak American?"

For me, dont talk in language pipu in malaysia no understand la. See your audience and think which language shud use.

Example : arabic use in malaysia ?