Judeo-Malay
Judeo-Malay | |
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Yahudi-Melayu · יאהודי-מֱלאיו | |
Native to | Malaysia |
Region | Penang |
Ethnicity | Malaysian Jews |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Judeo-Malay (Malay: Yahudi-Melayu,
Iranian Jew by the name of Rahamim Jacob Cohen that is currently kept in Microfilms of Alalay Manuscripts from the British Library's Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections.[3]
Examples
A sample sentence in Judeo-Malay and Standard Malay for comparison:
- Judeo-Malay: Saiyah tidah maho lo, hempah batina hidob sana!
- Standard Malay: Saya tidak mahu kamu, empat perempuan/betina hidup disana!
- (Translation: I don't want you, there are four women living there!)
Below are the numbers 1–6 in Judeo-Malay, transcribed from Cohen's notes, and in Standard Malay:
Numeral | Judeo-Malay | Standard Malay |
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1 | satuh | satu |
2 | du'ah | dua |
3 | tigah | tiga |
4 | hampah | empat |
5 | nimah or limah | lima |
6 | henam | enam |
See also
References
- ISBN 978-90-04-35954-3.
- ISBN 978-1-351-04342-7.
- JSTOR 42554400.