Similarities Between Malay and Arabic

In today’s episode, we’re comparing Arabic and Malay, two languages that belong to different family groups but have a lot of words in common. The Arabic language has had a lot of influence on the Malay language including on its writing system, which we will discuss in more detail in the video. Malay currently uses two scripts, and historically has been written in multiple other scripts. The primary script used today is derived from Latin and is referred to as Rumi, while the other one, called Jawi, is derived from Arabic and is still used frequently. The changes in the script coincide with the history of the Malay Archipelago.
Prior to the arrival of Islam in Southeast Asia, the Pallava, Nagari, and old Sumatran scripts were used in writing the Malay language. As their rulers converted to Islam, and the religion began to spread across the region, a modified form of the Arabic script (Jawi) was formed. The arrival of the Europeans brought the Latin script, and in recent times, the Latin-derived Rumi alphabet has become the most commonly used for both official and informal purposes.
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Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and also used in some parts of the Philippines as a trading language.
Arabic is a Central Semitic language and has official/national status Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, SADR, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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[@veefernaodias4134]

Really love all your videos Bahador jan. I love how you bring all cultures together

[@yukenshrestha116]

Can you do similarities with Nepali.

[@BossGokaiGreen]

PLEASE DO JAPANESE AND FILIPINO 🐷🇯🇵

[@MEHDIMORTEZAPOUR]

I can't possibly express the amount of a warmth and love I get from your videos. Specially Arabic and Urdu Videos I love them because they are very similar to Persian. I love your Spanish videos too! You makes strangers family God bless you! Keep on going you will make world a better peaceful place.

[@minaal-lami2855]

The Jawi explanation was very interesting.

[@nihazdamba]

My God... Malaysian guy really do justice with jawi script

[@MsGaijinSyauqi]

Abdul Rauf is a great Malaysian representative.

[@baperparah9351]

Bahador really picked the right Malay speakers (Abdul Rauf-Bahasa Malaysia, Firman-Bahasa Indonesia). I speak both proficiently but damn those two guys' vocabs are just more than the majority of native speakers.

[@Alex-yr8wt]

Jawi script is in brunei

[@pualamnusantara7903]

Awesome video as always! As a speaker of Indonesian, I want to give some comments as shown below : • I really like how the Malaysian (or Sarawakian, as known with the state's flag behind him) is familiar with the difference in vocabulary between Malaysian and Indonesian (arnab-kelinci and jiran-tetangga). Fun fact : We Indonesians sometimes refer to the country of Malaysia as "Negeri Jiran" (lit. "The neighboring country) due to the obvious reason. • In Indonesian, we don't really say "had" and "muflis", we mostly say "batas" and "bangkrut" respectively. Also we use the word "nisbah" for "ratio" and "nasabah" for "customer" (mostly in terms of bank customer). The rest we also use them in Indonesian with the same meaning. • Most of these words we pronounce them with native Malay/Indonesian pronunciation, for example, as he said in the video, for a word which is originally pronounce as ق in Arabic,we might say it more like a "k" or ك sound. • In Indonesia the Jawi script is also used in some areas in Malay-speaking areas especially in Aceh and Riau. In Java there's also a similar script called "Pégon" which is used to write Javanese and/or Sundanese (mostly used and/or taught in Islamic boarding school or "pesantrèn" as we call it). سلام داري ايندونيسيا كڤد ساودار سرومڤون! ~تق كن ملايو هيلاڠ د بومي~ تريم كاسيه ! Terima kasih! Thanks!

[@husnaaisyah2485]

Yeah people often say Malaysian learn bahasa Indonesia by watching Indonesian sinetron, and Indonesian learn bahasa Malaysia by watching Upin Ipin 😂 it almost like a main phrase people always use im wheezing

[@hazirahzali3448]

Ooo I thought kelinci was hare? The larger rabbit species 😅

[@danuaditya642]

@@hazirahzali3448 Indonesian does not differentiate hare and rabbit, perhaps not native species.

[@kirorokokoro7899]

كامو دري اچيه؟ اتاو رياو؟

[@zainalabidinmohdtahir976]

Betul, kita serumpun. Bahasa Indonesia adalah pada asasnya/dasarnya Bahasa Melayu. Bahasa Melayu digunakan sebagai bahasa seharian dengan berbagai dialek dan loghat di Semenanjung Malaysia, sebahagian dari Sumatera, utara dan timur Pulau Borneo, Brunei, Singapura dan Selatan Thailand. Bahasa Melayu berkembang kerana tidak membataskan cedokan dari bahasa2 lain termasuk Arab, Farsi, Sanskrit, Inggeris, Belanda, Portugis, Mandarin dan berbagai dialek Cina, Tamil, Jawa, bahasa berbagai etnik dan berbagai lagi. Semoga Bahasa Melayu boleh terus berkembang. Wallahu a’lam.

[@jangmisworld1810]

I am Turkish and I understood: bina, mumkin (in Turkish we say mümkün) , mahhsur ( in Turkish it is written meşhur) , münasebe, mevsim. From the papers: çare. zekat.

[@boboboy8189]

We still need munasabah in malaysia

[@zazatava9058]

I wish visit Turkey someday. Still collecting para though. 😅

[@aten2fendi]

Could be Persian or Arabic .... which Arabic had absorbed some Persian ... Arabic later influenced Malay

[@salmanjarumi7473]

Bina in Malay= build. Mungkin (Malay)

[@fenugreekqueen6805]

@@aten2fendi These words are all unmistakeably arabic. But true languages borrow even foreign words To the language they're borrowing from.

[@Arabian010]

كل الحب من السعودية 💚🇸🇦🇲🇾❤️ Thank you Bahador,

[@pokya-anakrantau8845]

Enjoyed this, Abd Rauf is really a good rep of the Malay language. Proud of you brother, I grew up in Sarawak too!

[@memeAsalUsul]

Love Sarawak,Noh Salleh n Dayang Nurfaizah ❤

[@raheemyusof6506]

Love Sarawakian..lovely people..im from Kuala Lumpur 😄✅

[@TheMuslimApologist]

Wow you are here brother!

[@pokya-anakrantau8845]

@@TheMuslimApologist Yes akhi

[@pokya-anakrantau8845]

@@TheMuslimApologist Hope you're doing alright in Malaysia with respect to Covid-19

[@arisyaaj1091]

Yay a fellow sarawakian representing bahasa melayu😆😆😆I'm proud that everyone who's watching will know bahasa melayu..lots of love from Sarawak,Malaysia ❤️💜 FYI..we actually use the jawi scriptures in school..but only malay students because we use it in islamic religious classes

[@gillmonsta]

Eeeee bela

[@paanazmi8062]

i wish i can visit sarawak someday..hopefully my dream come true

[@gillmonsta]

@@paanazmi8062 your from indo?

[@paanazmi8062]

@@gillmonsta no..from semenanjung Malaysia

[@Lina_al_j]

so interesting!!! Yemeni people came to Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia a long time ago, maybe that's why there's similarities ... my husband is a native Malay speaker and we have discovered some similarities between Arabic and Malay already, but here I've learnt even more

[@iqramisonfire]

That's true. The straits of Malacca used to be a 'Maritime Silk Road' for traders/merchants from Arab World. Then came the Indian Muslims, Persians and Ottomans, spreading Islam/Culture to this whole region.

[@MK-ov2hr]

And you are from ?

[@salmanjarumi7473]

Thanks for Yemeni, Arabic , Persian ulama' and people for spreading Islamic relegion to South east Asean.

[@81munir]

Yes Lina...Malaysia and Indonesia receive Islam from ulamas that are mostly from Hadramaut..

[@Roro-ce3ot]

Great video Bahador!✨ Love to Malaysia 🇲🇾 from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

[@momoyatzu]

love Saudi from S. Korea 🇸🇦🤍🇰🇷

[@faridhazwan96]

love to Saudi from Malaysia as well 🇸🇦🇲🇾

[@user-ul8vh4yo7k]

I'm Malaysian and I have learned Arabic also. I found this is very interesting!

[@gillmonsta]

Mantap cak

[@rcharles3624]

Woah, as Indonesian speaker I don't know many of these words like had, arnab, muflis, etc. Malay is definitely more Arab influenced.

[@w4lr6s]

Kamus besar bahasa Indonesia ada kata2 itu

[@winstoninjaya726]

@@w4lr6s ya tapi ga dipake di omongan sehari2

[@dmxb8258]

Kerana Melayu memang banyak berasimilasi dengan Arab... Terutamanya selepas kedatangan Islam... Melayu menggunakan Tulisan Jawi... توليسن جاوي

[@furuzi2219]

@@winstoninjaya726 kebanyakan bhasa Belanda di kosa kata sehari2

[@winstoninjaya726]

@@furuzi2219 akibat 300 tahun dijajah, kl malay kan inggris sm banyak arab

[@linguafranca7115]

Thanks Bahador for this great video! Saudi is rich with Arab dialects. We probably have main 5 for each main geographical region. Love for Malaysia from all regions in Saudi 🙌🏻 🇲🇾 🇸🇦

[@khairilfilzairy3660]

Abd Raof said that “hari ini” means “today”, he could have said “Ini hari” which sounds like Arabic word “Inna har - النهار” and the Saudi woman would have easily guessed it, the Egyptians say today as “Innahar dah - النهار ده”. Thank you bahador and participants. Salam to all fromMalaysian living in السعودية.

[@w4lr6s]

Funny thing: During the making of this video, I mentioned about النهار ده to explain the grammar positioning of "hari ini"

[@MAMA-xt5sd]

Actually النهار ده = hari ini!

[@dmxb8258]

In Malay Jawi belike : هاري اين (Hari Ini)

[@KGopidas]

A bright lady indeed

[@Aim201]

We don't said ini hari. Ini hari is like saying day this instead of this day. Hari means day and ini means this

[@KGopidas]

I propose your name Bahadur for Nobel Prize in peace and international understanding

[@SuperAzoz99]

Great episode 👏🏻 greetings from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

[@joesmith4894]

Abdulrauf is great. He is so nice and explains in very good detail. I enjoyed. Thank you.

[@minaal-lami2855]

This was really awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the explanation of the extra sounds in the alphabets.Thank you all 3 of you 💞💞

[@JavidShah246]

Except Arnab”rabbit” and jiran”neighbor”, all the other Arabic words are being utilised in Farsi. Great job as always bahador jan!

[@ishkhan293]

Asalamulaikum I m pakistani new youtuber please support me

[@aftabahmad1263]

Same in Urdu language

[@minaal-lami2855]

Love you from Iraq! 💞 Thanks to this channel I've discovered how much commonalities we Iraqis have with the Persian language and Iran as a whole 💓💓

[@JavidShah246]

@@minaal-lami2855 how are u mina? يوم الجمعه بخير و العافيه

[@minaal-lami2855]

@@JavidShah246 Thank you Alireza. I am doing very well! شكرا جزيلا khoob hastin shoma? 💖 💖

[@dianah6447]

Love this!! Actually Munasaba مناسَبة in Arabic is occasion while Munasib/Munasiba مناسِبة is appropriate/reasonable. The only difference is the Harakat but it gives two different meanings! Such an informative and interesting video!❤

[@paanazmi8062]

oh..the words really similar..only the harakat made the pronouncation different, and thus different meaning. In arabic, does people put harakat in normal arabic writing?

[@dianah6447]

@@paanazmi8062 in non-formal writing like texting for example we dont usually use harakat because it's easy to know what word we're referring to from the sentence. In formal writing like books and newspaper, harakat is sometimes used with words that are similar like the one above. Overall, harakat is not used that often compared to how it's used in Quraan.

[@paanazmi8062]

@@dianah6447 thank you very much..im always wondering about this since childhood, this explain much :)

[@dianah6447]

@@paanazmi8062 you're welcome! I'm glad my explanation helped :)

[@vlife6337]

Funny thing is we Malays can’t read without Harakat. If you write مناسبة, I’m sure 1st person will read as Manasabat. 2nd person guess will be Munasabat, then the other will guess Munasibat.. they will keep arguing until it becomes Musibah 😂 😂... without Harakat is one thing, Taa’ Marbutah plus with no Harakat is one thing.

[@danthelongman]

As a Malaysian Chinese, I enjoyed watching this video; knowing that the Malay language I learned has similarities/roots in other countries. Happy to know that I am a little bit closer to these countries due to some slight commonality in language 😁

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

The guy look like Chinese.

[@yumiyuki5851]

@@jackjackyphantom8854 orang Melayu adalah orang mongoloid, tidak terlihat ada perbedaan, yang terlihat berbeda itu orang Melayu dibandingkan dengan orang Arab, india dan Eropa baru berbeda

[@alkhobirihq2115]

@@yumiyuki5851 tidak.. Dna mongol lebih muda dari Melayu.

[@yumiyuki5851]

@@alkhobirihq2115 mongoloid terpecah menjadi dua ada Asian Mongoloid dan Malayan Mongoloid, dan keduanya terpecah lagi yang Asian Mongoloid ada Sinic dan altaic. Sementara Malayan Mongoloid bentuk baru menjadi Austronesia. Sinic yang melahirkan Chinese dan Tibet, sementara Austronesia Melahirkan Malayic, Formosan, jawa, madura dll. Begitulah sejarahnya

[@yumiyuki5851]

@@alkhobirihq2115 Mongoloid dan Mongolian itu berbeda. Mongolian yang Anda maksud itu mereka dilahirkan dari rumpun Altaic, selain Mongolian ada juga Turkic yg dilahirkan juga dari rumpun Altaic

[@pokya-anakrantau8845]

What helps and makes it very informative is Abdul Rauf's grasp of linguistics and his rather impressive grasps of English language.

[@flowerpower3188]

Just love your work Bahador,I love languages as well and I’m learning More and more by time ,thank you!🙏🏼

[@th9827]

This world is so interconnected that we cannot imagine it! Thank you Bahador for all your efforts💙🌃

[@faridhazwan96]

thank you guys and I am proud of you Malaysian brother ! Love from Melaka, Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@haimonpgh]

Great video! Very interesting! And cool to see the influence of Arab traders and Islam in to the vernacular of Malay.

[@itsshayrah2909]

I'm excited watching this video..thank you Abdul Rauf for the explanation.. From 🇲🇾

[@user-yt2fz7um2x]

This video was so interesting for me as lots of words are also used in persian and now I know where they've come from:)

[@mustafaussulami9055]

Very informative.Thank you, brother Abdurrauf

[@tazaoumur]

Thank you so much for this video and explanations! Very interesting to find out about the Jawi script, especially how it differs from the Persian alphabet.

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

It's nice to see how similar are the two languages thanks 👍

[@roznazlann6026]

am from Terengganu so proud of abg rauf, very good explaination and well prepared. kemah keming bossqu

[@kimimon6286]

Pure Malay Jiran = tetangga Arnab = gibong Kamus = kosa kata Had = sempadan/batasan Bina = bangunkan Mungkin = boleh jadi Nisbah = sukatan Mashur = terkenal Munasabah = di terima

[@flegis123]

Mustahil - sukar diterima Mashur - tersohor/terkenal Munasabah - Diterima/dibolehkan Muhasabah - Menilai diri

[@flegis123]

Sebab akal dan fikiran adalah bahasa Arab

[@lukeItsAmeMArio]

This is why we call it bahasa malaysia not bahasa melayu.

[@flegis123]

@@lukeItsAmeMArio bukan. Bahasa rasmi malaysia adalah bahasa melayu. Sebab tu kita panggil bahasa malaysia. Tahukah, filipina juga ada banyak persamaan dgn perkataan2 melayu? Contohnya, Ako(aku), ekau (engkau), mahal kita (tapi maksudnya, sayang kamu kalau X silap), duyong (duyung), utang (hutang), dan sbgnya...

[@bhattania9697]

Munasabah - Masuk akal

[@yurizhivago4848]

Great video Bahador. My Gal is Persian and speaks Farsi and it is amazing to see how similar her facial features resemble the Arabic gal. They could be Sisters. Not trying to be funny or disrespectful but when people say one country has people that all look alike it is interesting to see the similar anatomical features of different peoples and cultures as well as the languages. Unless you are a world traveler you never get to see or meet these people so your videos are really interesting in that manner. Keep up the good work and be safe from Covid and stay indoors as much as possible.

[@robertofranciscomonsalvesp8080]

Interesting episode! They both nailed it!

[@samspear8772]

Super interesting. I learned a lot.

[@bendahara8284]

Thank you for including the Jawi script..تريما كاسيه😊

[@xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322]

I like how he knew of winter from the Quranic sura.

[@mazlinarazelan3805]

Love Melayu language. Influenced by Semitic language. Proud to have Malay heritage, understand العربية to study Quran. Frm MY

[@adityaanantharaman7963]

Wow, both guests were amazing! 👍😊 I can speak neither of the two languages, but I could understand so many words because they are the same in Hindi/Urdu: hadd, mashhoor, munasif etc.

[@ideensamalle597]

I appreciate the Serawakian mentioning my area. Yes, we still use Jawi script in the southern border provinces of Thailand. And I can read and understand all of his examples in the video. Thank you

[@TouseefPara]

This episode is a treat. Great content +BahadorAlast Both have great voices. Rauf is friendly and Lameez ( I may be wrong about her name) is beautiful.

[@zoesterreicher]

Really enjoyed Abdulrauf's explanation of the letters of the Jawi script. He seems so nice. Great video:)

[@mokieth3456]

He reminds me of Slavoj Zizek for some reason (this is a compliment)

[@mesebak]

This is very good knowledge Thank You!

[@iilonelychild266]

I'm from Saudi Arabia i really like languages they're interesting and Malay language is one of the most beautiful langauges I've ever listened to i just loved it 🇸🇦❤️🇲🇾

[@nab.7250]

@Huseyin Ucar Why don’t you stfu Turk?

[@6rban100k]

@Huseyin Ucar Why Malali is always creating terrorism? Hezbullah, Hashd Shabi, Fatimioon, Zainebioon, Haras Thawri, Houthis, Ansarellah all have radical Shia ideologies

[@newton1000]

Shhhhh

[@mehdi7533]

It's very clear, all the Muslim countries have Arabic words because of their religion which comes from the Hijaz area.

[@imjuzsayin..5017]

A lot of languages influence from other countries since Malacca was a world trade center long time ago. Arabic, English, Portuguese, etc .

[@asalaarmenia9707]

Nice Video Bahador 👍🏽

[@newbiegamer3040]

I have a friend from Malaysia. I noticed how similar words we have in common when he talks to his family. Especially words that are related to religion

[@hfizhaikal8186]

Yes absolutely. I notice that too. The word like hijab, solah, dua and more. The spelling might be a little bit different for us but it is almost the same. I am Malaysian btw. I believe it is because, islam spread to our country trough arab people. So the use of words/term in islam is really important that malay people at that moment just take it as it is. And probably dont wanna create confusion. Maybe

[@abdullahalbraiky5956]

I think it's mostly because a huge amount of people in easyt Asian Muslim countries have hadrami ancestors that immigrated there about 150yrs ago from hadramawt in Yemen and their descendants are still attached to their culture and ancestors country so that helped integrate into the culture and language, there was trade between yemen and east asia centuries even before Islam and that's how Islam spread there after some leaders became Muslim.

[@anakitiktokwi2939]

@@abdullahalbraiky5956 150yrs???😂😂😂It is far that that

[@shinasuka1799]

@@abdullahalbraiky5956 600 years or more

[@abdullahalbraiky5956]

@@shinasuka1799 sorry I was talking about one certain immigration event I should've clarified better it goes waayy farther back

[@nurnur-qo5sx]

True indeed we Indonesian use tetangga except when referring to Malaysia. We call them negeri jiran not negeri tetangga. I think we do it to respect Malaysia bcs they are our closest neighbour by blood and culture.

[@deathlovenote6867]

Dalam simpulan bahasa dalam bahasa melayu menggunakan perkataan 'jiran tetangga'

[@stonefliy6289]

uh indonesian never respect to malaysia

[@mikhail6746]

@@stonefliy6289 Nonsense, you were just generalizing.

[@syedaliiftikhar]

Beautiful video ❤️❤️❤️

[@peekeeleealrahman5747]

ALL THE BEST BRO RAUF

[@farhanmendel]

In Indonesian we use "tetangga" for neighbor, but we use "jiran" to call Malaysia as "negeri jiran" which means neighboring country

[@hazirahzali3448]

Ooo we also sometime use jiran tetangga 😁 mostly in essays

[@dmxb8258]

Actually Jiran and Tetangga have a some meanings... It comes from Simpulan Bahasa call Jiran Tetangga (One Word)

[@mfra959]

Negeri Jiran bukan Cuma Malaysia tapi Termasuk Papua Nugini dan Timor Leste kan???

[@_theChaser]

Tapi kebanyakan orang indonesia menyangka “negeri jiran” itu sebuah gelaran untuk Malaysia..

[@salmanjarumi7473]

Its same like lauk - pauk. If u jus m mention lauk u will understand without mention pauk.

[@habibamamdouh8953]

Good video bahador ❤ love you from Egypt 💙💙

[@hsl4508]

Language arabic so beatiful

[@harzeyquinn447]

This is what malaysian people like to see. About knowledge. I love it. Thank you for sharing a knowledge sir.❤️👍 Edit: i never know ireland speak and understand malay too.😂

[@A.O.0]

Man i like this... It's so informative ❤️👍

[@EthemD]

Never thought I knew so many Malay words haha 😬 very cool!

[@dailylifeexperiences2797]

Something unique about Malay is when they borrow Arabic words sometimes they retain the original Malay words and combine with Arabic loan words which actually have redundant meaning. Example 1. Neighbour Jiran = Arabic loan word Tetangga = Original malay word Become Jiran + Tetangga = Jiran tetangga 2. Connection Qoid = Kait (Arabic loan word) Hubung = Original Malay word Become Hubung + Kait = Hubungkait 3. Knowledge ^Ilm = Ilmu (Arabic loan word) Pengetahuan = Original Malay word Become Ilmu + Pengetahuan = Ilmu pengetahuan 4. Condition / State / Hal = Hal (Arabic loan word) Keadaan = Original Malay word Become Hal + Keadaan = Hal keadaan 5. Deeds ^amal = Amal (Arabic loan word) Perbuatan = Original Malay word Become Amal + Perbuatan = Amal perbuatan. Di akhirat, setiap manusia akan dipertangungjawabkan dengan amal perbuatan mereka didunia. 6. News / Story / Update Khabar = Khabar (Arabic loan word) Berita = Original Malay word Become khabar berita And many others. Also when they borrow Arabic words, they will change it to suit Malay monotonous and light tongue. They will avoid heavy makhraj coming from letter ^ain, Qof, Dhod etc.. this off course may confuse native Arab speakers because change in makhraj will altogether change the meaning in Arabic?

[@Syiepherze]

Brunei resident here, can confirm Jawi and Rumi (Latin script) are both used very widely here. For example on shop signs there may be an English name, a Malay name in Rumi, AND the Malay name transliterated into Jawi.

[@ideensamalle597]

I want to read tulisan Jawi in Brunei 🇧🇳 I am from Pattani, Thailand 🇹🇭

[@I.T.S.V1]

​@@ideensamalle597 Wallah awaj boleh bahasa melayu ka?

[@ideensamalle597]

@@I.T.S.V1 boleh cakap dengan dialect tempatan tapi pandai baca tulisan jawi sebab saya belajar di sekolah agama

[@I.T.S.V1]

@@ideensamalle597 جادي أواك بوليه باچا بهاسا ملايو ؟☺️

[@I.T.S.V1]

@@ideensamalle597 كالاو بوليه تاهو

[@iskandarsulaiman6170]

Proud of you brother rep for Malaysian.. Salute to u my Sarawakin brother...

[@edagener3164]

Very similar, interesting. The Saudi lady has the most pleasant smile.

[@vlife6337]

Interesting topics 👍. If you come to Kelantan (east coast of peninsular Malaysia), you will see a lot of Jawi script especially on the government building, shop lots, malls etc because local authority there makes it compulsory. Anyway I’m Kelantanese 😉, born in 80’s so during my childhood if someone can’t read/write Jawi or can’t read Quran, it would be the most embarrassing family 😆.

[@hanson417]

It's so interesting to see that the logic of the jawi script in some cases is so similar to the Hebrew letters logic. Vav “ו” is used for both u/o and also v sounds, and it's usually referred to و in Arabic. Fey "פ" is f and pey "פּ" is p.

[@w4lr6s]

Proto-Semitic P became F in Arabic.

[@naqibm8846]

Fey (Hebrew) is Fa (Arabic). Most of arab and jewish mostly pronounce "P" as "B". For example "Report" becomes "ReBArt" or "Pepsi" becomes "BIBsi". Pey (פּ⁠‎) is letter of Yiddish which does not have in Hebrew. It is the same when Arabic letter came to Malaysia becomes Jawi so there are some letters in Jawi that dont have in Arabic for instances, Nga (ڠ‎), Ga (ݢ‎). Those are not in arabic but available in Jawi.

[@historicastafiilyy1588]

Very nice video bro keep on like that ;) Can u make a video about similiarities between Maltese and Arabic pls 😁

[@andallahelansary1517]

He did

[@de_javu4880]

That sarawakian guy is very prepared :) hahahah

[@Ahmed-pf3lg]

You can tell she is from Jeddah, Makkah or Madina. That soft Hijazi accent. So beautiful!

[@Reemalarawi]

well i’m from hejaz and i can’t tell if she really from hejaz anyway she speak Classical Arabic in the video

[@Ahmed-pf3lg]

@@Reemalarawi I’m from Hijaz and even if she speaks Classical Arabic you can still tell she is Hijazi from the way she pronounces the end of the words. Her tone is very Hijazi.

[@krunchbittersweet]

So, Hijazi is a type of Arabic accent? Or is it a place?

[@Ahmed-pf3lg]

@@krunchbittersweet Hijazi means “belonging to Hijaz” and in this instance I’m saying her accent is belonging to Hijaz, so Hijazi accent. Hijaz is an ancient region in Saudi Arabia

[@linguafranca7115]

Probably yes. tbh all Saudi dialects are attractive when spoken by Saudi females 😅

[@ABOUZARWALA]

Wow big similarities between Arabic and malay the language of our brothers from Malaysia. I really understand from the first time all the words that Rauf said. Love from morroco to our brothers in Malaysia ❤

[@naimzakariah]

Similarity malay and arab word Malay: Jumaat Arabic: Jumuah English: Friday Malay: Akhir Arabic: Akhir English: Last or end Malay: Zaman Arabic: Zaman English: Era (Describing time history) Malay: Biskut Arab: baskawit English: Biscuit Malay: Fajar Arabic: Fajr English: Dawn Malay: Masjid Arabic: Masjid English: Mosque Malay: Adil Arabic: al-A'dlu English: Fair or Justice I am so sorry if i have mistake

[@malijoshqoun3925]

No mistake, Just zaman is persian😅 (I'm Turkish)

[@MissEilia]

@@malijoshqoun3925 zaman is Arabic origin word.

[@malijoshqoun3925]

@@MissEilia yesss i just learned that yesterday

[@kawankita330]

I love this video a lot

[@ibrahimalli2474]

I remember teaching my Arab friends Malay in jawi. Native Malay speakers with some Quranic education would usually retain the Arabic pronunciation for the Arabic loan words. Non Malay would not. Rauf did a great job in explaining the Arabic side of Malay. By the way, our Islamic Education textbooks are in Jawi.

[@mohasalim8649]

I'm Arab and when I learn Farsi I usually try to pronounce Arabic loan words in Farsi the Persian way but sometimes it is difficult, I keep saying them in Arabic.

[@ibrahimalli2474]

@@mohasalim8649 We think we non Arabs would still understand. I guess that is why most Arab immigrants in Malaysia have no problem in learning Malay once they noticed the Arabic loan words.

[@smoulderingstatic4059]

Hindi, and quite a few other northern Indian language, speakers will also have no issues speaking Malay either, since it is influenced and borrows extensively from Sanskrit.

[@thadayu5639]

@@ibrahimalli2474 It is interesting why Malay people are proud of using Arabic words in their language, but young Iranians nowadays hate Islam and Arabic language and are trying to get rid of all Arabic words in Persian by using English words instead?

[@ibrahimalli2474]

@@thadayu5639 Malays are not Iranians. We are proud of our culture and religion. We keep our Arabic words so that we could read Al Quran. My generation and the generation after us are more religious than our parents and grandparents. My grandparents generation switched the Malay writing system to the romanized one. Hence, our parents generation are less religious and can't read Jawi. I mean most of them. During my times, Arabic and Jawi were taught in school. Islamic Education was officially reintroduced. That is why we are more literate in Jawi than our parents.

[@umar4655]

Nicely done

[@gureyleaxmed317]

it was a good video i didn't get any words from this video as somalian speaker i only watched for fun love from somalia to malay speakers

[@anggapranata9619]

I am from Indonesia. When I was in Riau, I studied something called, "Arab Melayu", I think it was Jawi Script lesson. Very interesting script in my opinion

[@salmanjarumi7473]

In Indonesia they call Pegon script rite? means refer to arabic script?

[@anggapranata9619]

@@salmanjarumi7473 Yes. Some place in Indonesia such as in Java island call it Pegon. In Some part of Sumatra and Kalimantan call the same 'Jawi'. Cmiw

[@vape5738]

di mata pelajaran sekolah dulu namanya ialah “ARMEL” (arab melayu) bukan jawi, tapi sekarang di riau ni sudah tak ada pakai mapel tu lagi, sedih padahal sokong pengetahuan mengenai melayu script dan lain-lain

[@joytato]

always been curious about this ever since i started learning b. indonesia on top of hebrew!! there were already some small overlaps there so i started learning arabic HAHA

[@iAmAbod97]

I would be very honest... The online version of this beautiful languages challenges videos is a bet boring! I was feeling the vibes of this chalnges when your guests are gathering around next to each other, you feel like they’re excited and you give them a small paper from you ur mug 😂.. it was just fabulous.. i loved it so much ♥️♥️

[@fazrazfarzam4688]

Yeah but the world has changed because CCP rules over everyone and no government has the guts to do anything about it

[@fazrazfarzam4688]

But the online version has a few upsides, one being the involvement of the people who live all over the world

[@mehdi7533]

I am Iranian and I live in Malaysia, They are common words between Persian and Bahasa Malaya, you can have a video in the future as well.

[@BahadorAlast]

We have. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3TMl5yej6irjK8

[@BahadorAlast]

@Bazel Merchad Not all. There are definitely many common words between Persian and Malay that are Arabic, but there are also Persian words in Malay which are not Arabic, as you can see in the video we've done: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3TMl5yej6irjK8

[@mieaab]

Parsi words in Malay. Bandar, pahlawan

[@hfizhaikal8186]

really good sharinggg

[@wabilkhan6601]

The Saudi lady looks like camila cabello

[@nadzyusop1027]

I had performed umrah twice. Alhamdulillah, it's felted like home coz no language barrier even though I don't speak Arabic.

[@user-nx6ny8pw2u]

Beautiful and smart Saudi lady!

[@alyourpal9263]

thank you she’s actually my cousin ❤️😊

[@mohamedmoetezhajlaoui7403]

@@alyourpal9263 can you give me her insta please

[@ciziazyke5662]

@@alyourpal9263 she s nice and cute mashalah💎🌸

[@ThatOneMalaysianGuy]

@@mohamedmoetezhajlaoui7403 no simping my brada

[@yoyo12121]

@@mohamedmoetezhajlaoui7403 she lives in sidi bouzid

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Same with Tagalog (Filipino) .. Words such as hukom (court, judge), selawal (underpants), pinggán "finjian" (cup, plate) are Arabic in origin.

[@muhammadsecret8783]

I like you bring Indonesia to the conversation he my Malaysian brother he he. Yup we share the same language together

[@nab.7250]

Hello Bahador, can you please make a video regarding similarities between Saudi Arabic and Persian? That would be really interesting, thank you, & I love your channel ❤️❤️

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you. Although the participants weren't Saudi, we did a video with Arabic and Persian in which I used both Persian and Arabic terms Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fafHg5iCpbelrJY

[@6rban100k]

لا خلاص هو سوا مقارنة مع عراقي و معروف العراقيين اقرب لفارس بالتشابهات في لغتهم العامية

[@nazuna.5174]

Wow some of the words r similar to Nepali and Hindi as well! Pretty interesting.

[@smoulderingstatic4059]

Because Malay borrows heavily from Sanskrit but without its grammatical structure

[@NadDew]

you can see the Arabic influence in every country in most of Asia because of the merchant and the silk road plus Islamic religion. we have some indian words in our dialect here in the gulf, and the only way to know if it really Arabic or from other languages is to see the root in old arabic if its there then its arabic origin if not then probably farsi, Turkish or hindi.

[@paanazmi8062]

is it Mashoor in hindi? i learn that from hindi movie :)

[@husnaaisyah2485]

Abd raof is from Sarawak, a state in Borneo island with one of Indonesian province. Probably thats why he knows a lot about bahasa Indonesia For the jawi writing, if the words are from arabic words then the spelling will be identical with the actual spelling in arabic. But if it is authentic malay words or from other language (since malay and indonesian words absorbed/borrowed from a lot of languages) then the spelling system is almost like the roman spelling system. You have consonant and vowal. Vowal is represented by mad letters (ا، ي، و،) and the consonants are the rest of the lettes. Actually there are many more ancient writings can be found in Nusantara(Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei, Singapore) before jawi Also Nusantara has a long history back then when preoccupation time of how the languages form till now. since Nusantara is the centre that connect western traders and east asian traders. A lot of interactions happend between foreigners and local people, and Malay was the lingua franca

[@husnaaisyah2485]

Oh nak cakap, terbaikk ah bang raof 👍🏻😁 kemah demo. Salam from Kelantan, Malaysia

[@w4lr6s]

@@husnaaisyah2485 terima kasih.

[@fazrazfarzam4688]

He's very knowledgeable

[@jap882]

Southern Philippines also use Jawi Script and Kirim. #arabic #wow i know mostly under inline with brahmic . But learning for arabic line of scripts too like jawi and kirim. ♥️ is the ba same or different with va "nganga" (to open the mouth) ☺️ 🇵🇭

[@sayajalandanmakan4549]

all the same in Bahasa Indonesia also, of course because Malay is 'frame' or 'building block' of bahasa indonesia.. except for *arnab* , we use *kelinci* instead for rabbit ; *jiran* , very limited usage (as in negeri *jiran* = neighbouring country)-- *tetangga* is commonly used ; *nisbah* (also very limited in sharia bank term) ,we used *rasio* and *perbandingan* instead. this pakcik's knowledge about language is so well ☺️🙏 Salam .Reza jakarta

[@thadayu5639]

It is interesting why Indonesian and Malay people are proud of using Arabic words in their language, but young Iranians nowadays hate Islam and Arabic language and are trying to get rid of all Arabic words in Persian by using English words instead?

[@sayajalandanmakan4549]

@@thadayu5639 i think not all of us :) ​ in Indonesia many indigenous /traditional or cultural aspects still exists till today (especially Sanskrit/Indian). and authentic evidence is ...people's name, philosophy, culture of Indian/Sanskrit civilization still exists today in Indonesia despite now is muslim majority country ...you can simply find Indonesian guy named Budi, Chandra, Putra, Putri, Aditya, Wijaya, Adi/Adhi, Parwati, Saras/Saraswati, Citra, Surya, Shinta, so on and on...guess what? they can be a muslim/hindu/christian etc. and from different ethnic background.

[@lizadaito3419]

@@thadayu5639 again!,so what if the Persian choose to hate Islam and Arab who really care! they are more people in this world love Islam and wanting to learn Arabic for example myself.

[@mrzq6028]

@@thadayu5639 I wouldn't say as a malay person i'm proud of using arabic loanwords in everyday conversation. just that they are present in the language but still i try to use more indigenous words to prevent it from fading away and malay getting more arabized.

[@shalevelzayk1332]

Muflis "Oh this happens alot" 😂

[@bagusbaskoro2207]

In Indonesia, sometimes we call Malaysia "negeri jiran" which means "neighboring country"

[@po0276]

I love your videos so much, PS I’m Romanian

[@amirahchuu]

I failed jawi when I was in highschool.. I tried to find someone to teach me but no one is there for me. In result I couldn't get at least A- in my Pendidikan Islam for my final year examination which is SPM.. I swear if I know how to do jawi back then, I could've get total 3As the least😢

[@paanazmi8062]

ooh..im sorry to hear that..there's not really a specific way to spell words in jawi.as long as you know malay and can read al-quran, you can definitely spell in jawi (since the jawi and arabic characters are not that different)

[@amirahchuu]

@@paanazmi8062 thing is, I can read jawi but somehow I just didn't understand on how to turn rumi into jawi. It was soooo confusing😂 my head getting dizzy dizzy gitu

[@paanazmi8062]

@@amirahchuu i see..i wish i can help you somehow if we were destined to be classmate :)

[@w4lr6s]

@@amirahchuu you need to approach jawi as if it is another language. Simply turning rumi into jawi is not gonna work. The rules are different. I am not sure how many materials are out there, but in my primary school days, tulisan Jawi is a separate subject and class, from both Bahasa Melayu and Pendidikan Islam.

[@avenezza1]

After 35 years, today I just realised that 3 dots for 'nya' change position if it become the 1st letter in a word. 😅 im a good jawi reader, just that i didn't realized it. Haha

[@ideensamalle597]

Me too Pattani here

[@nafisbenhadzi1443]

Malay and Hebrew : Arnab = Arnav Kulit = Geled

[@user-qb9gf5ir7o]

I really like Saudi Arabia ❤️🇸🇦

[@logiic8835]

I like how he teaches his language

[@sallehali9769]

Saya dari Kedah, Malaysia...Terima kasih !!! (Jazakallahu khoiran katsira)...

[@_theChaser]

Malaysia guy well prepared

[@SantomPh]

"Tetangga" is only used when you live close together like in an apartment complex or joined houses. Otherwise it is 'jiran'. It literally means "with the same stairs". Also abang Sarawak: kamu liat dinding ka?😆

[@w4lr6s]

I have the tick of looking somewhere else when thinking what to speak lol

[@alexeinavalny4089]

Mostly In Islamic School In Indonesia we Learn arabic (Amiyah)

[@muhammadsecret8783]

All school in Indonesia teach Arabic, maybe only in Christian school they dont teach it

[@iilonelychild266]

🇸🇦❤️🇮🇩

[@vlife6337]

Amiyyah or Fusha? Coz Islamic school in Malaysia we only learn Fusha(standard Arabic which is Quranic Arabic)..

[@hafiz8184]

@@muhammadsecret8783 ga semua sekolah diajarin bahasa arab, tp semua sekolah (smp dan sma) pasti diajarin bahasa Inggris, saya waktu sd (sd negri) ga ada belajar bahasa arab, cuma pelajaran agama aja adanya waktu itu

[@muhammadsecret8783]

@@hafiz8184 ya maksudnya pelajaran Quran, itu kan belajar Arab juga namannya walau sebatas melafalkan

[@danialm8122]

Alhamdulillah. Nice

[@joesmith4894]

She's very sweet

[@Dillpicklesalad]

Join the marines, get you one

[@joesmith4894]

@@Dillpicklesalad ???