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Bukit Mertajam (other)
Bukit Mertajam is a suburb of Seberang Perai in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. It also serves as the seat of the Central Seberang Perai District. , Bukit Mertajam had a population of 12,079. Whilst founded in the 19th century as an agricultural area, Bukit Mertajam also evolved into a transportation hub, following the completion of a railway line towards Perai at the end of the century. To this day, Bukit Mertajam railway station, its railway station remains a major Keretapi Tanah Melayu, Malayan Railway station within Seberang Perai. Bukit Mertajam is also well known for its Catholic congregation, which is centred at the St. Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam, St. Anne's Church. The church is one of the focal locations within Southeast Asia for the annual Novena celebrations. It is the birthplace of the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim. Etymology Bukit Mertajam derived its name from a hill named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Mandarin
Malaysian Mandarin () is a variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Malaysia by ethnic Chinese in Malaysia. Today, Malaysian Mandarin is the ''lingua franca'' of the Malaysian Chinese community. Malaysian Mandarin speakers seldom translate local terms or names to Mandarin when they speak. They would prefer to verbally use Malay place names in their original Malay pronunciation: for instance, even though the street name "Jalan Bukit Kepong" is written as "" (, literally "Bukit Kepong Road") in local Chinese printed media, the local Chinese almost never use in daily conversations. There are exceptions, for example Taiping, since this name is derived from the Chinese language, when people mention this place when speaking local Mandarin, they always use its Mandarin pronunciation, "", instead of using its Malay pronunciation, which is closer to "Taipeng". Another example is when a place's Chinese translation varied vastly with its native Malay name, for example: for Teluk Inta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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