CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ language is considered the Lingua Franca which was widely used during the golden age of Malacca.
A
Arabic
B
Cantonese
C
Malay
D
Persian
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Malacca played a major role in the diffusion of Islam in Southeast Asia, and the Malay language became a lingua franca in the region.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Malay pidgin called Bazaar Malay (mĕlayu pasar, “market Malay”) was widely used as a lingua franca in the East Indian archipelago and was the basis of the colonial language used in Indonesia by the Dutch. The version of Bazaar Malay used in Chinese merchant communities in Malaysia is called Baba Malay.

Detailed explanation-3: -sultanate of Malacca, (1403? –1511), Malay dynasty that ruled the great entrepôt of Malacca (Melaka) and its dependencies and provided Malay history with its golden age, still evoked in idiom and institutions. The founder and first ruler of Malacca, Paramesvara (d.

Detailed explanation-4: -The city was founded about 1400, when Paramesvara, the ruler of Tumasik (now Singapore), fled from the forces of the Javanese kingdom of Majapahit and found refuge at the site, then a small fishing village.

Detailed explanation-5: -Fifteenth century Melaka was blessed in terms of its geography and made the most of it. Trade at that time relied on sailing ships and Melaka was strategically located, halfway along the main shipping route between India and China, with easy access to the spice islands of Indonesia.

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