Judeo-Malay

Judeo-Malay (, Jawi: , Hebrew: מלאית-יהודית) is a variant of the Malay language once spoken or written by the Jews of Penang, a state located in northern Peninsular Malaysia. Judeo-Malay is the only known recorded Jewish language of the Austronesian family. The surviving manuscripts of Judeo-Malay are recorded on a notepad of an Iranian Jew by the name of Rahamim Jacob Cohen, which is currently kept in the Microfilms of Alalay Manuscripts from the British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections.

Examples

A sample sentence in Judeo-Malay and Standard Malay for comparison:

• Judeo-Malay: Saiyah tidah maho lo, hampah batina hidob sana!
• Standard Malay: Saya tidak mahu kamu, empat perempuan/betina hidup disana!

Below are the numbers 1–6 in Judeo-Malay, transcribed from Cohen's notes, and in Standard Malay:

See also

• History of the Jews in Malaysia
• Baghdadi Jews

References

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