and technological terms). Modern Malaysian Malay has also been influenced lexically by the Indonesian variety, largely through the popularity of Indonesian dramas, soap operas, and music. Grammar Colloquial and contemporary usage Colloquial and contemporary usage of Malay includes modern Malaysian vocabulary, which may not be familiar to the older generation, such as: Awek (means girl, in place of perempuan). Balak (means guy, in place of jantan). Cun (means pretty, in place of cantik / jelita). New plural pronouns have also been formed out of the original pronouns popularly nowadays and the word orang (person), such as: Korang (kau + orang, "you all", in place of kalian / kamu semua (or hangpa / ampa in Kedahan)). Kitorang (kita + orang, the exclusive "we", in place of kami). Diorang (dia + orang, the exclusive "they", in place of mereka (or depa in Kedahan)). In addition, Arabic terms that is originally used in Standard Malay nowadays has been popularly changed where some of the words and pronunciations in the involved terms have been added by the local conservative Muslims by disputing the terms suggested by the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), claiming that the involved terms with implementation of the additional words and pronunciations is the real correct terms as same as stated in the Qur'an, where it is predominantly used by the local Muslim netizens in the social medias nowadays. The several involved terms in comparison to Standard Malay that is popularly used, such as: Ramadhan (means the holy fasting month, in place of Ramadan). Aamiin (means asking Him to verify the prayer (Du'a); real term is Ameen, in place of Amin). Fardhu (means obligatory (in Islam), in place of Fardu). Redha (means accepting, in place of Reda). Mudharat (means harm, in place of Mudarat). Dhaif (means poverty, in place of Daif). Zohor (means mid-day or noon time, in place of Zuhur). Hadith (means Prophet (Mohamed) terms or speeches, in place of Hadis). Code-switching between English and Malaysian and the use of novel loanwords is widespread, forming Bahasa Rojak. Consequently, this phenomenon has raised the displeasure of linguistic purists in Malaysia, in their effort to uphold use of the prescribed standard language. See also Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian Indonesian language Jawi, an Arabic script based writing system for Malay Language politics Malaysian English, English language used formally in Malaysia. Varieties of Malay References Further reading External links Dewan Bahasa dan