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The Search for the ‘Origins’ of Melayu

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2001

Leonard Y. Andaya
Affiliation:
The Department of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

Abstract

Based on linguistic, archaeological, and historical evidence, this essay describes the environment that produced the culture associated with the ‘Melayu’, or the Malays. It also argues that Melayu ethnicity was never predetermined but was contested on both sides of the Straits of Melaka.

Type
Articles
Copyright
© 2001 The National University of Singapore

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