Standard Malay, also called Court Malay, was the literary standard of the pre-colonial and Sultanates and so the language is sometimes called Malacca, Johor or Riau Malay or various combinations of those names to distinguish it from the various other.
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The inscription, dated possibly to 702 AH corresponds to 1303 CE , constituted the earliest evidence of Jawi writing in the Malay world of Southeast Asia, and was one of the oldest testimonies to the advent of Islam as a state religion in the region.
They have thoughts and feelings and should get along with a spirit of brotherhood.
This is something, all of us, regardless of race, take pride in.
When the court moved to establish the Johor Sultanate, it continued using the classical language; it has become so associated with Dutch Riau and British Johor that it is often assumed that the Malay of Riau is close to the classical language.