Language vitality of Malaysian languages and its relation to identity

• Main Authors: How, Soo Ying, Chan, Swee Heng, Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57106/1/Language%20vitality%20of%20Malaysian%20languages%20and%20its%20relation%20to%20identity.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57106/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/article/view/8025
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Bahasa Malaysia is the national language in Malaysia, which acts as a national symbol that raise a sense of national unity, and maintains a sense of cultural value and identity. As the country is multicultural and multilingual, the use of Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin, and Tamil invite question...