Malay words such as almari and tuala were originally adopted from ..... language.

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Malay words such as ‘almari’ and ‘tuala’ were originally adopted from ____ language.

A	japanese
B	dutch
C	portuguese
D	british

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Malay language is almost completely derived from Sanskrit, and the early literature is predominantly based on the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Even today, a major portion of Malay vocabulary is made up of Sanskrit words.

Detailed explanation-2: -Emu (from ema), cobra (from cobra), flamingo (from flamingo), jaguar (from jaguarete), macaw (from macau), macaque (from macaco), mosquito (from mosquito) and piranha (from piranha) all came into English from Brazilian Portuguese.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Dutch presence did also added some vocabulary to Bahasa Malaysia. Words like buku (boek = book), kamar (kamer = room), kantor (kantor = office), laci (laatje = drawer), and sepanduk (spandoek = banner) are Dutch in origin.

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