CAS350H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Malay Indonesian, Youth Pledge, Malay Trade And Creole Languages

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Malay had served as the lingua franca for persons of diff ethnic and linguistic background in the archipelago. In the late 19th, the dutch regarded everyday malay a low form of the language and termed it low malay" or bazaar malay" as opposed to the high" malay used at the courts and for written literature. In 1880s journalism, lingua franca malay constituted the medium of communication across linguistic boundaries. Several youth organizations (focus on political awakening and nationalist awareness among the indonesian ppl in 1990s) chose malay. Indonesian unity took shape -> call for a national language. Participants at 1928 all indonesia youth congress accepted a resolution that proclaimed the ideal of one country, one nation and one language. The malay language was renamed bahasa indonesia, indonesian language. The so-called sumpah pemuda (youth oath) marks the beginning of a commitment to national unity and freedom. The meeting was organized by youth organizations: young java, young sumatra,

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