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Kampung Pemuda Jaya
A kampong (this term is in Za'aba Spelling, ''kampung'' in both modern Malay language, Malay and Indonesian language, Indonesian) is a term for a type of village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "dock" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of indigenous peoples. This term has also been used to refer to urban slum areas or enclosed developments and neighborhoods within towns and cities in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Christmas Island. The design and architecture of traditional ''kampong'' villages have been targeted for reform by urbanists and modernists. These villages have also been adapted by contemporary architects for various projects. The English word "Compound (enclosure), compound," when referring to a development in a town, is thought to be derived from the Malay word . Etymology The word ''kampung'' or ''kampong'' is derived from Bahasa Melayu (the Malay language). The word is often trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Za'aba Spelling
The Za'aba Spelling () was the second major spelling reform of Malay alphabet, Malay Rumi Script introduced in 1924. The reform was devised by Zainal Abidin Ahmad (writer), Zainal Abidin Ahmad or better known by the moniker Za'aba, a notable writer and linguist at Sultan Idris Education University, Sultan Idris Teachers College. Za'aba's orthographic system principally dealt with the assignment of vowels in closed syllables, distinguished the schwa from the half-open vowel /e/ by a new grapheme , and insisted on the use of hyphens to differentiate affixes or Preposition and postposition, post-positional Emphasis (typography), emphases from the infinitives. The system as devised by Za'aba emphasised the importance to represent the original pronunciation of Johor-Riau Malay, where various modern standards of Malay were derived, that he viewed as the most elegant form of Malay. From 1930s onward, the Za'aba system gained wide sanction and was used officially in education and civil admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
