In this edition, Mahtab and Shafiq explore the similarities between Malay and Persian (Farsi). Although one is an Indo-European and the other an Austronesian language, there are many similarities between the two languages, mainly due to historical links between Malaysia and the Middle East. 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. Persian (Farsi) is one of the Western Iranian languages and belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, as well as regions which were historically part of Greater Iran. It is written in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script. Persian has influenced many neighboring languages, and historically it was the first language in the Muslim world to put an end to Arabic's monopoly on writing in Islamic countries, and Persian poetry became the court tradition in many eastern courts. The Persian influence in the Malay Peninsula go back to many centuries ago. Many of the words found in common between Malay and Persian are the result of traders and merchants who historically created a strong connection between the two nations.
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