Povanesvaran Narayanasamy grew up among the Chinese in Kota Kinabalu but he learnt to speak Malay from everyone around him.
Young Malaysians tell us why they love their local Malay dialect or loghat.
Born into a Malay and Melanau family, Sharifah Nurhidayah learnt how to speak in Sarawak’s Malay loghat since she was a child.Born into a Malay and Melanau family, Sharifah Nurhidayah learnt how to speak in Sarawak’s Malay loghat since she was a child.
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