Slompret Melajoe
Selompret Melajoe (Malay language, Malay for 'Malay trumpet') was one of the first Malay language newspapers to publish in the Dutch East Indies. It was printed in Semarang, Central Java from 1860 to 1920. Due to the lack of a standard spelling for the Malay language in the Latin alphabet prior to the introduction of the Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, the name of the newspaper was variously spelled , , , or during its history. The spelling in EYD, modern Indonesian orthography would be . History was one of the first Malay language, Malay-language newspapers published in the Dutch East Indies. The very first is thought to be ('Malay language news'), launched in Surabaya, East Java in January 1856, followed by ''Soerat Chabar Betawi'' (Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia newspaper) in Batavia in April 1858. was launched in Semarang, Central Java on February 3, 1860 by G.C.T. van Dorp & Co, a bookshop owner. The company also printed a Dutch language, Dutch-language paper called ...
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