Record producers use various metaphors to explain what they do. Some compare the job to being an interpreter, others to directing traffic. Malay, who was closely involved with the creation of two of ...

A Singaporean rediscovers the Malay language, finding new meaning in familiar words and Singaporean culture. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Illustration by Lam Yik Chun. Over the last two decades of using text messaging, I’ve come to believe that the 10th circle of hell comprises people who use ‘jelak’ without knowing its proper spelling, ...

WHEN I wrote Returning to Our Roots: The Anger and Heartbreak of Young Malay Men in 2021, the sight of young Malay men wearing the tanjak (traditional Malay male headgear) caught the imagination of ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakoob's proposal to use Malay as the second language after English in ASEAN received a lukewarm response from Indonesia for a few reasons, including the ...

Confusing a Malaysian accent for Singaporean or vice versa is always going to land you in hot water, but don’t even get them started on the roots of their respective spoken languages. The intense ...