Yeah, looking more closely, you're probably right that there are only three unaltered Malay words. My problem is that I really do not speak Malay. Indonesian is a form of Malay with a lot of other words added in, and although my Indonesian is fluent, it is also not the Indonesian of an educated person, because I have never learnt the language in a formal way, that means that I don't really know when I'm using Indonesian words, and when I'm using Javanese words. However, it is no effort at all for me to check Indonesian or Javanese, because my wife of going on 40 years is from Jawa, and we use Indonesian/English/Javanese between ourselves every day, additionally both I and my wife are in daily contact with other people from Jawa, or who still live there. If I need to check something its as simple as raising my voice, or at most, making a phone call.I'll be very interested to see what you might be able to dig up on this matter.
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