Malay paleography: A preliminary survey

The origin and development of the Malay art of writing after the introduction of Islam into the Malay Archipelago were closely related to Arabic and Islamic traditions of writing. Almost all the Malay manuscripts extant were written in the Jawi script, the traditional script of the Malays whic...

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Main Author: Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling iium-87532011-12-21T01:29:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8753/ Malay paleography: A preliminary survey Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff PL5101 Malay The origin and development of the Malay art of writing after the introduction of Islam into the Malay Archipelago were closely related to Arabic and Islamic traditions of writing. Almost all the Malay manuscripts extant were written in the Jawi script, the traditional script of the Malays which were developed based on the Arabic script, with a few additional letters, some borrowed from Farsi and others developed locally, in order to meet the needs of the Malay tongue. Etymologically, many of the Malay terms relating to the art of writing originated from Arabic words: huruf from huruf, kertas from qartas and dakwat from da’wat. In addition, the great majority of the Jawi manuscripts were translations or adaptations from Arabic books on Islam, biographies and stories of Islamic leaders and heroes and some adaptations from Persian and Indian legends and literature. This shows the extent of the influence of Islamic tradition of writing, especially Arabic, on Malay writing and scholarship 2011-09-01 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8753/1/Paleografi_Cambridge.pdf Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff (2011) Malay paleography: A preliminary survey. In: 26th Association of South-East Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) Conference, 9-11 September 2011, Magdalene College, Cambridge . (Unpublished) http://aseasuk.org.uk/v2/node/168
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Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff
Malay paleography: A preliminary survey
description The origin and development of the Malay art of writing after the introduction of Islam into the Malay Archipelago were closely related to Arabic and Islamic traditions of writing. Almost all the Malay manuscripts extant were written in the Jawi script, the traditional script of the Malays which were developed based on the Arabic script, with a few additional letters, some borrowed from Farsi and others developed locally, in order to meet the needs of the Malay tongue. Etymologically, many of the Malay terms relating to the art of writing originated from Arabic words: huruf from huruf, kertas from qartas and dakwat from da’wat. In addition, the great majority of the Jawi manuscripts were translations or adaptations from Arabic books on Islam, biographies and stories of Islamic leaders and heroes and some adaptations from Persian and Indian legends and literature. This shows the extent of the influence of Islamic tradition of writing, especially Arabic, on Malay writing and scholarship
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff
author_facet Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff
author_sort Wan Mamat, Wan Ali @ Wan Yusoff
title Malay paleography: A preliminary survey
title_short Malay paleography: A preliminary survey
title_full Malay paleography: A preliminary survey
title_fullStr Malay paleography: A preliminary survey
title_full_unstemmed Malay paleography: A preliminary survey
title_sort malay paleography: a preliminary survey
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/8753/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8753/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8753/1/Paleografi_Cambridge.pdf
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