THE COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND MALAY LANGUAGES

  • Mohd Nazri Latiff Azmi Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
  • Lidwina Teo Pik Ching Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
  • Norbahyah Binti Jamaludin Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
  • Muhammad Nur Haziq Bin Ramli Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
  • Muhammad Habibbullah Bin Razali Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
  • Muhammad Ammar Yasser Bin Amram Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
  • Kauselya A/P Jayakumar Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25134/erjee.v4i2.335

Abstract

English and Malay languages are categorized as popular languages in the world.  However, both languages underwent different history and composition. This study investigates the languages in terms of history, phonology, loanwords, grammar, morphology and semantics. The purposes of studying the comparisons and contrasts of both languages are not only to analyze the uniqueness of the languages but also to identify the process of understanding the languages especially the view of second language learners. It is found that two languages come from different background; somehow they share similar characteristics such as the vowels sounds, loanwords and semantics. However, the learners face difficulty in learning both languages especially in pronunciations and spelling.

Keywords: English language, Malay language, history of language

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Published
2016-10-24
How to Cite
Azmi, M. N. L., Ching, L. T. P., Jamaludin, N. B., Ramli, M. N. H. B., Razali, M. H. B., Amram, M. A. Y. B., & Jayakumar, K. A. (2016). THE COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND MALAY LANGUAGES. English Review: Journal of English Education, 4(2), 209-218. https://doi.org/10.25134/erjee.v4i2.335
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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016)
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