Malay for Malaya? Re-examining language debates in colonial Malaya from the 1920s–1940s

• Main Author: Tai, Cae Ryn
• Other Authors: Van Dongen Els
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76594
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Scholars have often cited the establishment of a common vernacular language as the harbinger of nationalism in colonised countries. Resultantly, research on colonial Malaya has quoted Bahasa Melayu (Malay) as the logical choice of language for this developing nation. However, colonial Malaya was a m...