[An-lang] Malay in broader terms

[Edmundo C. Luna]

Well, this is the label that the US government had used for people of Pilipino
descent for a long time - it was used on my birth certificate (I was born in the
70's). I think this changed just in the last 20 years or so.

Was it this way in other nations as well?

Cheers,

-Ed

Quoting David Gil <gil at eva.mpg.de>:

>
>  From the above, it should be obvious that for linguistic and
> ethnographic discourse, the more limited Indonesian usage is more
> precise and hence more appropriate than the broader Malaysian one.  And
> it would also seem to be preferable on ethical grounds.  Maybe Pilipinos
> don't mind being called Malays, but many Indonesians of other
> ethnicities would find this very strange.  Using Malay as a cover terms
> for Minangkabau, Javanese, Bugis and so forth is a bit like using German
> as a cover term for Swedish, Dutch, English and so on.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
>


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Edmundo Luna
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