How Different Are Indonesian and Malay?!

In this video we'll examine the differences between Malay and Indonesian. Are they different enough to be considered different languages? * Are you learning Indonesian? Click the link to get a free account at IndonesianPod101: http://bit.ly/Indonesianpod101

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Well, modern Indonesian and modern Malay (including the Malaysian, Bruneian, and Singaporean varieties) all developed from a slightly older form of Malay. Indonesian was the Malay language until 1928 when Indonesian nationalists gave it the name "Indonesian" so that it could help unify their nation.

Since then, Indonesian has developed in one direction, and Malay in other countries has developed in another direction, so that they are no longer exactly the same. But not so much time has passed, so they are very similar to each other, especially in their standard forms. Whether or not they are a single language is up for debate, and depends partly on whether you focus mainly on the standard languages or spoken dialects.

Special thanks to Irfan Radzman for his Malay samples and valuable information, and Enrile Fariz for his Indonesian samples and feedback!
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Video chapters:

00:00 Introduction
00:47 The historical connection between Malay and Indonesian
01:58 Historical spelling differences between Malay and Indonesian
02:32 Different colonial loanwords in Malay and Indonesian
05:28 Other differences in everyday vocabulary
10:21 Informal Malay and Indonesian: Sentence 1 breakdown
14:20 Informal Malay and Indonesian: Sentence 2 breakdown
16:10 Final comments
17:18 The Question of the Day

Music

Main: “Gisele Revisited” By South London Hi-Fi
Outro: “Time Illusionist” by Asher Fulero.