Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Demise of the Jawi writing.





The Jawi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi_script) writing (and reading) used to be the pride of the Malays and used to be taught at all Malay schools in Malaya (later Malaysia). But since a couple of decades ago, it has been dropped from school curriculum, for reasons only known to the Malaysian Government.

I have found some of the remnants of Jawi writing in Kuantan, which maybe in a few years time may just be ‘in history’.

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