Malela luk 5 for comment..

kai · 31st May 2008, 12:06 AM

How about the Malay and Indonesian word for village? I assumed that the different transliterations (kampong vs. kampung) were the result of different European nations and their respective languages (or rather their respective utilization of the Roman alphabet).

Even if a given Indonesian word wasn't in use in the Malay language, wouldn't it feel more natural to a Malay speaker to write "parong" rather than "parung"? Just curious - Malay and Indo speakers please educate me...

Regards,
Kai

David · 31st May 2008, 12:11 AM

Kai, i understand your curiosity on this, but i think this thread has digressed far enough from it's original intent already. I suggest that we begin talking about Zartane's keris again or perhaps it is time to lock this thread up and move on.

31st May 2008, 12:06 AM	#1
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	How about the Malay and Indonesian word for village? I assumed that the different transliterations (kampong vs. kampung) were the result of different European nations and their respective languages (or rather their respective utilization of the Roman alphabet). Even if a given Indonesian word wasn't in use in the Malay language, wouldn't it feel more natural to a Malay speaker to write "parong" rather than "parung"? Just curious - Malay and Indo speakers please educate me... Regards, Kai

31st May 2008, 12:11 AM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,237	Kai, i understand your curiosity on this, but i think this thread has digressed far enough from it's original intent already. I suggest that we begin talking about Zartane's keris again or perhaps it is time to lock this thread up and move on.