Linguistic Commonality flow from Tamil Sanskrit to Tagalog through
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Linguistic Commonality flow from Tamil Sanskrit to Tagalog through Malay Indonesian Language G.C. James Choi, Ph.D.1 The aim of this research is to re-find the linguistic influence to Philippines by Malay language; to re-find Malay language influence to Philippines language Tagalog and the linguistic relationship between Bahasa Indonesia and Malay language and each interaction with Sanskrit and Tamil language. This research is divided into three parts: First part is introduction for the Tamil and Sanskrit influence to Tagalog and thanks to Dr. Santarita of UP Diliman, Asian Studies for his help; Second part is Malay and Indonesian language influence to Tagalog, thanks to Mr. Kristanto from Indonesia Embassy in the Philippines; and Third part, Malay influence to Bicol and Hiligaynon language. As early as 250,000 years ago, people from the Malayan Archipelago began trickling into what is now known as the Philippine Islands. Coming during the Ice Age, they are believed to have crossed on a land bridge that no longer exists. These people were followed 15,000 years ago by a Mongoloid people from Southeast Asia who also crossed on the land bridge. These groups possibly formed the basis for most of the approximately 100 different languages spoken today in the Philippines, although there is no archeological evidence of these people. Spanning from 7000 BC to 2000 BC larger groups of people began migrating from China and Vietnam. The largest migration took place in the Third Century BC, when people from the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian Archipelago began pouring onto this group of beautiful, tropical islands. These immigrants, speakers from the Austronesian Language Family, surely cemented the basis for the various Philippine languages, of which Tagalog is extremely important2 (Encarta). Tamil/Sanskrit Influence One of the first non-Austronesian languages to have a major impact on the Tagalog language was Sanskrit. Two routes by which Sanskrit could have impacted Tagalog, as well as the other languages spoken in the Philippines, are through direct trade, and through indirect culture movements traveling from India through the Malaysian Peninsula and on into the Philippines. Beginning in the Fifth Century AD, trade in Southeast Asia erupted, and the interaction between the countries in this region of the world was boosted immensely. Traders sailed all over the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea to barter their goods. As a sideeffect of this interaction, the languages interacted as well. One of these languages was Sanskrit, a language of India. As the traders mingled, words were borrowed and loaned throughout the region. The second way in which Sanskrit impacted Tagalog was through culture movements which slowly worked their way down through the Archipelago and into the island groups. The spread of Hindu was a major culture movement. With it, Hindu brought many new customs into these countries. New words had to be borrowed and created to allow for the new customs and traditions (Francisco, 1-5). 1 Dr. G.C. James Choi is currently the Chief Secretary, in-house Scholar, and Chief-Editor of Forgotten People Magazine and SEACOM Journal since 2012 of SEACOM Research Center and a visiting professor at Bulacan State University and professor of Contemporary Problem in Southeast Asia in Graduate School of Bulacan State University. He finished his Bachelor’s Degree major in Malay-Indonesian Language at University of Foreign Studies at Seoul, Korea and Masters and Doctorate Degree at Bulacan State University, major in Social Studies. He stayed 34 years in Southeast Asia, 10 years in Malaysia, 10 years in Singapore, 12 years in Philippines, 1 year in Vietnam and Indonesia 2 Encarta. (1997). Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia.CD-ROM 1 Because if the manner in which the syntax of Tagalog is constructed, the grammatical structure of the language was fully preserved. Morphologically, Tagalog is constructed of roots of one or two syllables, to which affixes (there are more than 20) are attached. With the addition of these affixes, the roots are changed into verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and countless other derivations. This format is what saved Tagalog from being more drastically altered. It allowed new roots to be borrowed into the language, and then be altered using Tagalog affixes. Thus, one borrowed root word could be changed into countless words coming from the same borrowed root, but using affixes from Tagalog3 (Aspillera, viii). There appear to be about 336 words in Philippine languages that are recognizably Sanskrit in origin and 50 percent of these have definitive provenance in Sanskrit. (Francisco, 1988) William Henry Scott even gave an actual statistical count of Sanskrit words in Philippine languages. He found out that some 150 separate Sanskrit words are identified as the origin of Philippine terms majority are in Tagalog and the rest in Bisaya, Ilocano and Sulu (Tausog). Some of these are bakti, guro, bangsa, bichara, dukha, guna, hina, pana, saksi and suchi.4 (Scott, 1968) As words entered Tagalog from Sanskrit, they were often altered phonetically or semantically. Phonetic alterations included change in vowel length, change in vowel quality, changes in consonants, loss of aspiration, and haplology. The following is a list of phonetic alterations in Tagalog words borrowed from Sanskrit5 (Francisco, 71-109): Vowel length: Tagalog pána < Sanskrit bäna, 'arrow' (¨ shows length) Vowel Quality: Tagalog kati < Sanskrit koti, 'ten millions' Consonantal Changes: Tagalog dalága < Sanskrit därika, 'young girl' Loss of Aspiration: Tagalog dalá < Sanskrit dhära, 'bear a burden' Haplology: Tagalog sakáli < Sanskrit sahakala, 'perhaps' Semantic alterations included narrowing, widening, synecdoche, amelioration, and pejoration. The following is a list of semantic alterations found in Tagalog words borrowed from Sanskrit 6(Francisco, 109-120): Narrowing: Tagalog tála, 'the morning star, Venus' <Sanskrit tärä, 'star' Widening: Tagalog mása, 'time, epoch, season' < Sanskrit mäsa, 'month' Synecdoche: Tagalog búti, 'beauty' < Sanskrit bhüti, 'adornment' Amelioration: Tagalog bathálà, 'Supreme God' < Sanskrit bhattära, 'noble lord' Pejoration: Tagalog bandahalí, 'housekeeper' < Sanskrit bhandära, 'treasurer' The question has been raised about the origin of some words in the various dialects of the Philippines and their possible connection to ancient Buddhist and Hindu culture in the region. Tagalog Sanskrit Meaning Agham Asawa Agama Swami Science Husband 3 Aspillera, viii Scott, 1968 5 Francisco, 71-109 William Henry Scott. 1968. 52-53 as cited by Francisco, 1988 6 Francisco, 109-120 4 2 Bathala Balita Budhi Katha Diwata Diwa Dukha Gadya Guro Laho Maharlika Mahalaga Mukha Pana Saksi Sampalataya Saranggola Sutla Tala Bathara Vartta Bodhi Gatha Devata Deva Dukkha Gaja Guru Rahu Mahardikka Maharga Mukha Bana Saksi Sampratyaya Layanggula (via Malay) Sutra Tara Supreme Being News Conscience Fabrication,Tall Story Fairy, Goddess, Nymph Spirit, Soul Poverty Elephant Mentor, Teacher Eclipse Nobility Important Face Arrow Witness Faith Kite Silk Star Singapore is a Sanskrit word meaning the “City of the Lion”. Sumatra comes from the Sanskrit word Samudra (meaning ocean). Java comes from the Sanskrit word Yava (meaning barley). Siam (the official name of Thailand until 1939) comes from the Sanskrit word – Shyama (meaning brown). The etymology of Cambodia is a little bit controversial, as it derives from the Sanskrit word Kambuja. Kambojas refers to an Iranian tribe who had no castes. Thus, Brahmins called the Cambodians (who had no castes either) as Kambujas (the word implies "casteless barbarian")7. (Villanueva 2014) Table 4: Tamil 7 Tagalog Tamil Meaning Ano Bagay Dito Kamay Kas Kuta Malunggay Mangga Masaya Pintungan Pooja Puto Sadya என்ன (Enna) வகை (Vakai) இத ோ (Itho) கை (Kai) ைோசு (Kācu) தைோட்கை (Kottai) முருங்கை (Murungai) மோங்ைோய் (Mángáy) மகிழ்ச்சியோ (Makicciyā) பெட்ைைம் (?) பூகை (Pūjai) பிட்டு (Puttu) சதி (Sathi) What Thing Here Hand Cash, Money Fort Moringa Mango Happy Place to store things Pooja Cake Intentional Villanueva 2014 3 These examples give a colorful display of the many ways in which Tagalog has been influenced by Sanskrit and Tamil. Malay Indonesian Language From a historical and structural perspective, both Indonesian and Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) are closely related variants of the same language, Malay. However, we refer to them as separate languages, and they function as the national languages of two separate states. The spelling reform of 1972 had the effect of making the two look the same, as they use an identical writing and spelling system, but on lexical level considerable differenced remain (see the attached list of examples, based on the Times Comparative Dictionary of Malay-Indonesian Synonyms by Leo Suryadinata, 1991) The differences are of various kinds:8 A mere difference in spelling (e.g. Indonesian coba, Malay cuba); A borrowing from Dutch in Indonesian and from English in Malaysian (e.g. Indonesian klakson, Malay hon); A heavy influence of Javanese in Indonesian and Arabic in Malaysian; and An independent process of coining terms. In some cases the same word has a different meaning in each language, leading to great hilarity in some cases, e.g. Indonesian and Arabic in Malaysian butuh“penis.” So in answer to the oft-asked question “Are the two languages the same?” we can give an unequivocal answer “No”. Although the two may be mutually intelligible in their educated forms, there is still the risk of misunderstanding, or just plain mystification. The linguistic situations of Indonesia and Malaysia are, after all, quite different. In Malaysia, the Malays, whose mother tongue is Malay, use either an uneducated (kampong) variety, or have an English education and may not have made a serious study of their Malay, even if it is compulsory, whereas the large Chinese community have no interest in Malay as a language whatever, even if they are forced to learn it at school and use it with officials. Although the expressions of administration, for example official forms, are in Malay, the influence of English is nevertheless strong due to the dominant influence of this world language and the colonial past. At the same time there is a tendency on the part of the Malaysian media to imitate Indonesian in pronunciation and vocabulary (terms such as demonstrasi “demonstration” and reformasi “reform” come to mind), helps due to the fact that the population of Indonesia is ten times larger than Malaysia’s. But despite this tendency, the evidence suggests that Indonesian and Malaysian are not converging at all, but diverging at a rapid rate. The contrasting situation of Indonesian and Malaysian is brought about not only by their different historical circumstances, namely the British colonial presence in Malaysia and the Dutch one in Indonesia, but also the fact that Indonesian has a large number of regional languages along-side it, chiefly Javanese, a language with a huge number of speakers which represents of reservoir of borrowings, in both its colloquial and classical forms. Whilst Javanese provides Sanskritic formations, deriving from deep in its Old Javanese past, Malay’s heritage is the Arabic of Islam. The deep well of spoken Malaysian Malay is the vernacular of the Malay states, while the speakers of regional Malay within Indonesia are relatively lacking in influence, and the analogous source in Indonesia is to be sought in the colloquial of Jakarta. The following list shows some contrasting Indonesian and Malaysian words. 8 Times Comparative Dictionary of Malay-Indonesian Synonyms by Leo Suryadinata, 1991 4 Table 1: Comparison of Indonesian and Malaysian words9 INDONESIAN MALAYSIAN akhir alinea asrama ban bangun; membangan banyak bestik beda bicara bisa bon butuh; membutuhkan capai coba ceroboh darurat dokter formulir guru haduk hariulangtahun ijazah informasi isi INDONESIAN izin; mengizinkan jangan juara judul kacamata kamar kamarkecil kantor kapan karena kejahatan keluhan keponakan kemudi; mengemudi klakson kualitas kuliah mau 9 hujung paragraf hostel tayar bina; membina ramai bifstik beza cakap boleh bil perlu; mmerlukan penat cuba cuai kecemasan doktor borang cikgu tuala harijad sijil maklumat kandungan MALAYSIAN benar; membenarkan usah johan tajuk cerminmata bilik belikbelakang pejabat bilamana kerana jenayah aduan kemenakan pandu; memandu hon kualiti syarah mahu ENGLISH end paragraph dormitory tyre to build many beefsteak different talk can, to be able bill to need tired to try careless emergency doctor form (to fill in) school teacher towel birthday certificate information contents ENGLISH to permit don’t champion title (of book article) spectacles, glasses room toilet office when because crime complaint niece/nephew to drive (a car) horn quality (university) lecture to wish, want “Indonesian, A language of Indonesia". Ethnologue Languages of the World. Retrieved 10 July 2012. 5 medali minggu pahlawan pesan pelajar pemerintah pertama kali pers pipa panitia polisi prapatan rahasia rapat rekan rusak sore sehat sekretaris sisa steker sumber suratkabar terhormat tatabahasa terusan INDONESIAN tetangga took umum warganegara wawancara pingat pekan wira oder penuntut kerajaan julung-julung kali persuratkhabaran paip jawatankuasa polis simpangjalan sulit miting rakan rosak petang sihat setiauhasa baki plag punca akhbar berhormat nahu kanal MALAYSIAN jiran kedai am rakyat temuramah medal week hero order (school) student government first time the press pipe committee police crossroads secret meeting colleague out of order, broken afternoon healthy secretary leftover (electrical) plug Source newspaper respected grammar canal ENGLISH neighbor shop common, general citizen interview 10 Taking a quick look at the table, a few interesting details already emerge. For example, for “person,” the form orang/wong is restricted to the west, while tau is very widespread in the east. For “house” the rumah/umah type is very common, but the alternative (fale, bahay, whare) is not so strange, as it is connected with Malay balai, referring to a certain kind of building. For “three,” forms related to telu are very widespread, and the Malay tiga is the odd form out. Borrowing and historical developments are also complicating factors. For example, Javanese wadon is probably taken from Sanskrit wadhu (“woman”), and Javanese srengenge (“sun”) is derived from sang hyang we (“the holy sun”), found in Old Javanese. Language levels are another problem: should you choose the high or the low form for comparison? 10 Bellwood, Peter; Fox, James; & Tryon, Darrell (1995). The Austronesians: Historical and comparative perspectives. Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. ISBN 07315-2132-3. 6 The languages used in the following table are: Malay (the basis of Indonesian, an important language of western Indonesia and Malaysia ) Javanese (found mainly in Central and East Java and the largest regional or ethnic language of Indonesia, with about 100 million speakers. Balinese (found on the Island of Bali, to the east of Java) Sundanese (found in the province of West Java) Iban (found in the western part of Kalimantan) Samoan (found in Samoa, in the Pacific) Tagalog (the largest and most developed of the Philippine languages and the basis of Filipino) Maori (the language of Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand Table 2: Comparison of eight Austronesian languages11 ENGLISH MALAY JAVANESE BALINESE SUNDANESE IBAN SAMOAN TAGALOG MAORI Person Child oramg anak wong anak anak panak urang anak orang anak tao anak tangata tamaiti Male female laki-laki perempua n rumah sungai matahari bulan hujan air satu dua tiga lanang wadon muani luh laki awewe laki indu tagata tamaitiit i tane fafine lalaki babae taane wahine omah kali srengenge wulan udan banyu siji loro telu umah tukad matanai bulan ujan yeh besik dua telu imah walungan panonope bulan hujan cai hiji dua tilu rumah sungai mataari bulan ujan ai sa dua tiga fale vaitafe ari masina ua vai tasi lua tolu bahay ilog la buwan ulan tubig isa dalawa tatlo whare awa raa marama ua-ina wai tahi rua toru house river sun moon rain water one two three Indonesian Influence Bahasa Indonesia and Filipino (Tagalog) both belong to the Malayo-Polynesian language family. That is why it’s no wonder that there are some similarities between the two languages. (Take a look at Table 3). Bahasa Indonesia is spoken and understood by more than 300 million people in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Bahasa Indonesia has more than 3,200 words similar to Filipino. 12 Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is the official language of Indonesia. It is a standardized register of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Most Indonesians also speak one of more than 700 indigenous languages. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world. Of its large population, the majority speak Indonesian, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Most Indonesians, aside from speaking the national language, are often fluent in another regional language (examples include Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese) which are 11 Bellwood, Peter; Fox, James; & Tryon, Darrell (1995). The Austronesians: Historical and comparative perspectives. Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. ISBN 07315-2132-3 12 Kristanto (2006), Learn and Speak Bahasa Indonesia, ISBN 978-971-92705-2-2 7 commonly used at home and within the local community. Most formal education, and nearly all national media and other forms of communication, are conducted in Indonesian. On the other hand, Filipino is the standard register of the Tagalog language and the national language of the Philippines, sharing official status with the English language. As of 2007, Tagalog is the first language of 28 million people, or about one-third of the Philippine population, while 45 million speak Filipino as their second language. Filipino is among the 185 languages of the Philippines identified in the Ethnologue. Officially, Filipino is defined by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) as "the native language, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago." Filipino is ideally a pluricentric language. Indeed, there have been observed "emerging varieties of Filipino which deviate from the grammatical properties of Tagalog" in Davao City and Cebu, which together with Metro Manila form the three largest metropolitan areas in the Philippines. In reality, however, Filipino has been variously described as "simply Tagalog in syntax and grammar, with no grammatical element or lexicon coming from other major Philippine languages," and as "essentially a formalized version of Tagalog." In most contexts, Filipino is understood to be an alternative name for Tagalog, or the Metro Manila dialect of Tagalog. The first Indonesians are thought to have come to the Philippines in groups, beginning some 5,000 to 6,000 years ago and again about 1500 B.C. (Bautista). Linguistic evidence connects Tagalog with Bahasa Indonesia as having common roots, so the main root of the modern Filipino languages probably came with these people (although other groups of people are thought to have come to the Philippines much earlier). In addition, the Malay people make up the largest percentage of the population in the Philippines (Bautista). Malaysian Influence The primary peoples of the Philippine archipelago were the Negrito, proto-Malay, and Malay peoples. The Negritos are believed to have journeyed to the Philippines by land bridges some 30,000 years ago from Borneo, Sumatra, and Malaya, during the last ice age. Later migrations were by water and took place over several thousand years. The Malayans followed in successive waves. These people belonged to a prehistoric age of Malayan culture, which has in fact survived to this day among certain groups such as the Igorots. The Malayan tribes that came later had more highly developed material cultures. 13 Indeed, traces of an Old Malay language in the Philippines are found showing evidence that the pre-colonial Filipinos did speak Malay. Malay was mostly spoken in Visayas and Mindanao by the aristocrats. Malay and Tagalog have long had cognates for a long time. Such as anak (son), puti (white), balik (back/return), lima/limang (white), agung (gong) and langit (heaven/sky). There's much more cognates than these. Also, Tagalog and Malay belong to the Austronesian languages. Malay is spoken as a lingua franca in the southernmost parts of the Philippines, from Zamboanga down to Tawi-tawi among a minority of the Tausug, Bajau, and Yakan peoples. It is also spoken as a daily language by Malays and Indonesians who have settled, or do business in the Philippines. It is also spoken in Southern Palawan to some extent. It is not spoken among the Maranao and Maguindanao people. The liturgical language of Islam is Arabic, but the vast majority of Muslims in the Philippines have little practical knowledge of it beyond limited religious terminology. 13 Early Southeast Asia Viewed from India (The Malay – R.C. Majumdar), Published by Ajay Kumar Jain 2013 8 Old Malay and Indonesian cultures and civilizations in ancient Sumatra and Java influenced the history, lifestyles, and culture of Philippine peoples. The Malay language, along with Philippine languages belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian language family, has also had an immense influence on many if not most of the languages spoken in the Philippines. Roughly a third of all commonly used verbs and nouns used in the Philippines are of Old Malay origin. This is because Old Malay used to be the lingua franca throughout the archipelago, a good example of this is Magellan’s translator Enrique using Malay to converse with the native Sugbuanon (Cebuano) during this time period. An example of Old Malay and Javanese languages spoken in Philippines history can be seen in the language of the 10th century Laguna Copperplate Inscription.14 Laguna Copperplate Inscription The Laguna Copperplate Inscription Modern transcription and Filipinos spoke in the year 900. In 1996, a Filipino history buff in California, Hector Santos, precisely converted the Sanskrit date over to our calendar by using astronomical software and some historical detective work. He determined that the Sanskrit date written on the plate was exactly Monday, April 21, 900 C.E. In spite of the similarities to Javanese documents, the copper plate had some peculiarities that led scholars to believe that it was not from the island of Java. First: the LCI did not mention the king of Java at that time, King Balitung. It was the custom at that time to always mention the name of the king in official documents. Second: the 14 The Laguna Copperplate Inscription by Paul Morrow ©1998 Paul Morrow Latest revision: 14 July 2006 9 language used in the document was not only Sanskrit. It was a mixture of Sanskrit, Old Javanese, Old Malay and Old Tagalog. And third: the method of writing was different. At that time in Java the characters were impressed into heated copper, but the characters on the Laguna plate seemed to have been hammered into cold copper. In his examination, Postma learned that the inscription was a pardon from the Chief of Tondo that erased the debt of a man named Namwaran. His debt was one kati and eight suwarna, or about 926.4 grams of gold. Today in 2006, this is equal to about $18,600 Canadian. The document mentioned a few towns that still exist today: Tundun, which is now Tondo in Metro Manila and three towns in Bulakan; Pailah or Paila, Puliran or Pulilan, and Binwangan. A town in Agusan del Norte on Mindanao called Dewata or Diwata also appears in the text. Diwata is near Butuan, which has been a rich source of ancient artefacts. A place called Medang was mentioned, too, which is possibly Medan in Sumatra, Indonesia. Also, the name of Namwaran’s son was given as Bukah, a name that may have some relation to the town of Gatbuka in Bulakan. Gat is a title similar to “Sir” for a knight.15 Places Mentioned in the L.C.I. 16 So, because of the places mentioned in the text and because of the plate’s differences to typical Indonesian documents, it was Postma’s opinion that it was an inhabitant of the ancient Philippines who made the LCI and that it was most likely not the work of a hoaxer. As is often the case, though, this discovery has raised more questions than answers. It is only one document but it seems to have revealed a widespread culture with Hindu influences in the Philippines before the arrival of the Spaniards and even before the Muslims. Did ordinary Filipinos share this culture or were the people mentioned in the document just members of a small ruling class of foreigners? Was their culture pushed out of the islands when the Muslims arrived in the 12th or 13th century? 15 16 Hector Santos, 1996 The Laguna Copperplate Inscription by Paul Morrow ©1998 Paul Morrow Latest revision: 14 July 2006 10 Did Filipinos once speak Sanskrit or was it reserved for important documents written by an elite minority? There are certainly some Sanskrit influences in Philippine languages but nobody was speaking it by the time the Spaniards arrived. And what happened to this Kavi style of writing? It was a far more advanced and accurate way to write than the baybayin script that Filipinos were using 500 years later. Perhaps only that elite minority used it and so it disappeared with them. Whatever the answers, it hints at some exciting discoveries to come in the future. The LCI in English In 1994 Hector Santos asked Paul Morrow to write a Filipino translation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription. The first was based on Santos English translation, the second was based on Santos glossary, called the LCI Dictionary, on Morrow’s own research. “Long Live! Year of Siyaka 822, month of Waisaka, according to astronomy. The fourth day of the waning moon, Monday. On this occasion, Lady Angkatan, and her brother whose name is Buka, the children of the Honourable Namwaran, was awarded a document of complete pardon from the Commander in Chief of Tundun, represented by the Lord Minister of Pailah, Jayadewa. By this order, through the scribe, the HonourableNamwaran has been forgiven of all and is released from his debts and arrears of 1 katî and 8suwarna before the Honourable Lord Minister of Puliran, KaSumuran by the authority of the Lord Minister of Pailah. Because of his faithful service as a subject of the Chief, the Honourable and widely renowned Lord Minister of Binwangan recognized all the living relatives of Namwaran who were claimed by the Chief of Dewata, represented by the Chief of Medang. Yes, therefore the living descendants of the HonourableNamwaran are forgiven, indeed, of any and all debts of the HonourableNamwaran to the Chief of Dewata. This, in any case, shall declare to whomever henceforth that on some future day should there be a man who claims that no release from the debt of the Honourable... “ Tagalog Influenced by Malay and Indonesian Word 17 Tagalog is an Austronesian language and a close cousin of both Malay varieties in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. Because of this close relationship, there are many cognates between the two languages stretching back many millennia. Many cognates were reborrowed into the language when Old Malay became the official language of trade and documentation during the pre-Hispanic era of Philippine history, as evidenced by the Laguna Copperplate Inscription of 900 AD and accounts of Pigafetta at the time of the Spanish arrival in the country five centuries later. This is a small sample of the thousands of cognates present between Tagalog and Malay. Table 3: Cognates with Malaysia and Indonesia Tagalog word Malay word (M)/Indonesian Word (I) Ako Aku Anak Anak 17 Meaning I (first person) Child The Tagalog Language from Roots to Destiny Jessica Klakring 1998-1999 © Dr. Cynthia L. Hallen Department of Linguistics, Brigham Young University, September 6, 1999 11 Apat Bahagi Empat Bahagian (M) Bagi (I) Balik Balik Balimbing Belimbing Balot Balut Bangis Bengis Bangkay Bangkai Tagalog word Malay word (M)/Indonesian Word (I) Bansà Bangsa Batò Batu Bawang Bawang Bayad Bayar Bibig Bibir Bobo Bodoh Bukas Buka Buwan Bulan Buwaya Buaya Dahon Daun Dalamhati Dalam + hati Daán Jalan Four Portion, Part Dingding Durián Ganap Gulay Gulong Guntíng Halagâ Hangin Harapan Hiram Ikaw Itik Itim Kahoy Kalapatî Kambing Kami Kanan Kangkong Kapag Kawali Kawani Wall Durian Adj. Exact Vegetables To roll Scissor Price Wind In front To borrow You Duck Black Wood Pigeon Goat We (excludes addressee) Right Kale When Frying pan, Wok Clerk Kita Kulang Kulong Dinding Durian Genap Gulai Gulung Gunting Harga Angin Hadapan Pinjam Kau Itik Hitam Kayu Merpati Kambing Kami Kanan Kangkung Kapan Kuali Kerani Pramuniaga/i (I) Kita Kurang Kurung Return Starfruit To wrap Fierce, Ferocious Corpse, Carcass Meaning Nation Stone Garlic Pay Mouth Stupid Open Month, Moon Crocodile Leaf Grief Street, Road We (Dual addressee) Less Jailed, Caged 12 Kusing Laban Lagok Tagalog word Landas Langit Langka Libo Luwalhati Kucing Lawan Teguk Malay word (M)/Indonesian Word (I) Landasan Lintasan (I) Langit Nangka Ribu Luar + hati Mahal Mangga Mangkok Mukha Mulâ Mura Pako Palayok Pangulo Paso Pasok Payong Pili Pinggan Mahal Mangga Mangkuk Muka Mula Murah Paku Periuk Penghulu Pasu Masuk Payung Pilih Pinggan Piring (I) Pinto Pintu Pulò Pulau Putî Putih Rambután Rambutan Sabón Sabun Sakit Sakit Saksi Saksi Samantala Sementara Sampalataya Percaya Sandata Senjata Sandok Senduk Sendok (I) Sarap Sedap Silaw Silau Sintá Cinta Siyasat Siasat Sukat Sukat Sulat Surat Taas Atas Takot Takut Tagalog word Malay word (M)/Indonesian Word (I) Tamis Manis 13 Cat Oppose (v.), Opposition (n.) Gulp Meaning Track (noun) Sky, Heaven Jackfruit Thousand Glory Expensive Mango Bowl Face From Cheap Nail Cooking pot President Flowerpot Enter Umbrella Choose Plate Door Island White Rambutan Soap Ill, Sick Witness Meanwhile, While, Temporary To believe Weapon Ladle Delicious Dazzled Love (Possessive) Investigate Measure Letter Top Afraid, Fear Meaning Sweet Tanggal Tawad Tanggal Tawar Tulak Tulong Tusok Uban Ulan Utak Utang Ánim Tolak Tolong Tusuk Uban Hujan Otak Hutang Enam To remove, To take off To bargain, To ask for discount Push, Shove Help Pierce, Prick, Stab Gray hair Rain Brain Debt Six Malay Influence to Bicol and Hiligaynon Language Bikol languages are a group of closely related languages (macrolanguages) spoken particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon and parts of Catanduanes and Burias Island in the Philippines. The languages of Bicol are a group of four languages that are spoken in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. Bikol language cognate some words from Malay language since both of them are belong to Austronesian languages. Similar words for example are: apat and empat for four, balik for return, bareta and berita for news, bawang for garlic, bayad and bayar for pay, buka for open, bulan for month, dalan and jalan for street, gunting for scissors, lalaki and lelaki for male, mahal for expensive, and many more.18 19 Likewise, Hiligaynon, often referred to as Ilonggo, is also an Austronesian language spoken in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Hiligaynon is concentrated in the provinces of Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Guimaras and Capiz, but is also spoken in the other provinces, such as Negros Oriental, Antique, Aklan, Romblon, Masbate and Palawan, and in many parts of Mindanao such as Koronadal City, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat and in other parts of North Cotabato. It is also spoken as a second language by Karayspeakers in Antique, Aklanon and Malaynon speakers in Aklan, and Capiznon speakers in Capiz. Like Bikol language, Hiligaynon also cognates some words from Malay language. (Look at the table 5) Some words from Hiligaynon and Bikol language are exactly the same from Malay Bahasa. Hiligaynon words has more than 69 words same as Malay, Bikol words has more than 78 words exactly from Malay and Tagalog has more 69 words from Malay. 20 In table 5 you will find out the comparison of Malay language to Tagalog, Hiligaynon, and Bicol. Indeed, Malay language has a big contribution to Philippine languages during pre-Spanish time. 18 Lobel, Jason William & Wilmer Joseph S. Tria (2000). An Satuyang Tataramon: A Study of the Bikol language. Lobel & Tria Partnership Co. ISBN 971-92226-0-3. 19 Lewis, M. Paul (2009). "Hiligaynon". http://www.ethnologue.com/. Retrieved July 23, 2011. 20 Dr. G.C. James Choi (2014), Linguistic Commonality flow from Tamil Sanskrit to Tagalog through Malay Indonesian Language. 14 Table 5: Comparison of Four Austronesian Languages in Philippines2122 Bahasa Tagalog Hiligaynon Bicol English abu abo *same *same ash alias alyas alyas alyas alias alkohol *same *same *same alcohol almanak *same *same *same almanac altar *same *same *same altar angin hangin hangin *same wind balkon *same *same *same balcony batalion batalyon batalyon batalyon battalion batu bato bato *same stone biskuit biskwit biskwit biskwit biscuit bola *same *same *same ball bangku bangko *same *same bench brutal *same *same *same brutal buaya buwaya *same bwaya crocodile cincin singsing singsing singsing ring daun dahon dahon don leaf diploma *same *same *same diploma direktur direktor direktor direktor director dinding dingding dingding *same wall drama *same *same *same drama engkau ikaw ikaw ika you film *same pilm pilm film gunting *same *same *same scissors internasiounal internasyonal internasyonal internasyunal international itik *same *same *same duck Bahasa Tagalog Hiligaynon Bicol kangkung karat kilo komite kompas kopra krisis kristal kupon kutu lampin kangkong *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same kuto *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same kuto *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same 21 English swamp cabbage carat kilo committee compass copra crisis crystal coupon lice diaper An English - Hiligaynon Dictionary, Published by: Faculty Center 2110 University of the Philippines, Diliman October 1975 22 Lobel, Jason William & Wilmer Joseph S. Tria (2000). An Satuyang Tataramon: A Study of the Bikol language. Lobel & Tria Partnership Co. ISBN 971-92226-0-3. 15 langit legal liberal liga lima lipstik lokal mahal malaria matematika material menu misa moral motor nanah nganga nikotin normal otak pabrik pastor payung pedal pensiun pesta pilih pintu profesor propaganda Bahasa rabies radar radio restoran sabun saksi salah sayang sensor sensus sirkus siku simbol sistem soda *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same materyal *same *same *same *same nana *same *same *same utak pabrika *same payong *same pensyon pyesta pili pinto propesor *same Tagalog rabis *same radyo restawran sabon *same sala *same *same *same sirko siko simbolo sistema *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same *same malarya *same materyal *same *same *same *same nana *same nikotina *same utok pabrika *same payong pidal pensyon pyesta pili pinto propesor *same Hiligaynon rabis *same radyo restawran habun *same sala *same *same *same *same siko simbolo sistema *same 16 *same *same *same *same *same *same *same mal malarya *same materyal *same *same *same *same nana *same nikotina *same utak pabrika *same *same pidal pinsyun pista pili *same propesor *same Bicol rabis *same radyu restawran *same *same sala *same *same *same *same *same simbolo sistema *same sky legal liberal league five lipstick local expensive malaria mathematics material menu mass moral engine pus open the mouth nicotine normal brain factory pastor umbrella pedal pension feast select door professor propaganda English rabies radar radio restaurant soap witness error what a pity censor census circus elbow symbol system soda sofa sopa sopa sopa sofa solo *same *same *same solo spesial espesyal espesyal ispesyal special stasiun istasyon estasyon istasyon station surat sulat sulat *same letter tablet tableta tableta tableta tablet taksi *same *same *same taxi tanam tanim tanom taneum plant tangki tangke tangke *same tank target *same *same *same target tenis *same *same *same tennis termos *same *same *same thermos telegram telegramo telegramo telegramo telegram terminal *same *same *same terminal tema *same *same *same theme tetanus tetano tetano tetanu tetanus tiket *same *same *same ticket tinta *same *same *same ink tipus *same *same *same typhoid visa bisa bisa bisa visa As a results to compare Tagalog (Luzon), Hiligaynon (Visaya) and Bikol language with the chosen 119 Malay Indonesian words, Hiligaynon words has 69 words same as Malay, Bikol words 78 words and Tagalog 69 words same as Malay Indonesian words. 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