Abstract
Malaysian writing in English occupies a somewhat difficult space, its English(es) negotiated alongside the national language of Bahasa Melayu (formally Bahasa Malaysia). The identity of Malaysians — when framed by a sense of the Malaysian Nation, Bangsa Malaysia — is strongly acknowledged as an identity which is Bahasa Melayu speaking, despite the various languages that one may encounter in Malaysia, one of which is Malaysian English. Exploring these issues of language and the question of ‘nation’ in contemporary Malaysia, Omar and Che Dan write: As a nation still caught between tradition and modernity and at the threshold of transforming itself into a developed nation, Malaysians tend to have an ambivalent attitude towards the possibility of a ‘Bangsa Malaysia’. (Original emphasis, Omar and Che Dan, 2009, p. 139)
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