Best scientific research 2022

BEST SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH - 2022 
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noted that Malay was a lingua franca that had been in practice for a long time before the 
arrival of the Portuguese. The content of this short article is to analyze the influence of the 
Portuguese language on the Malay language and the influence of the Malay language on 
the Portuguese language in the 16th century. 
When the Portuguese arrived in Malacca, they found that Malacca was very 
connected to the port cities of the Malay Archipelago. During this period, the main trade 
centers were Pasay, Malacca, Johor, Patani, Aceh and Brunei Malay speaking areas. The 
Malay language was so widely spoken that Malay was also dominant in the Indonesian 
archipelago, and it was also widespread in the Central and Southern Philippines and as far 
south as Paulo Condor near the coast of southern Vietnam. The Malay language attracted 
great interest among Europeans in 1521 when the Italian Antonio Pigafetta arrived in 
Malacca. This language attracted them so much that the people of that region were found 
to be using the Malay language spoken in Malacca. Pigafetta, who had no education in 
language and linguistics, used the help of a Sumatran linguist to compile a dictionary of 
Malay words, and as a result, the first Malay dictionary was written. At the same time, he 
emphasizes that the Eastern languages are the most polite and that knowing this language 
is as necessary in India as French in the Netherlands. Even St. Francis Xavier wrote his 
reflections on Christian teachings in Malay when he visited Malacca in the 16th century. In 
fact, two letters were sent to the King of Portugal between 1521 and 1522 when the Sultan 
of Ternate was fighting with the Sultan of Tidor for the favor of Portugal. the letter may have 
been written by secretaries or courtiers who do not know the Malay language well. Letters 
such as those written by the Sultan of Aceh to Queen Elizabeth of England in 1602 and to 
King James in 1612 testify to the importance of Malay for communication in the Malay world 
of Southeast Asia. However, it is worth noting that all the letters above do not use 
Portuguese words. However, based on the letter of Birni Raja to the English captain in 
Jambi, "Sejarah Melayu" and the later written "Hikayat Hang Tuah", we can assume that the 
influence of Portuguese on the Malay language started as early as 1612. Below we will 
analyze the words adopted from Portuguese to Malay. 

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