Abstract
The reconstruction of Proto-Malayic phonology and grammar has not so far attracted the attention of comparative linguists. This is not a state ment of the obvious, considering the fact that Malay is the most impor tant language of Southeast Asia and that it has been used extensively for the reconstruction of higher-order proto-languages such as Proto Austronesian, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, and Proto-Malayo-Javanic. Higher-order reconstructions should be constantly checked against (new) evidence from bottom-up reconstructions, however. For this reason it is very important that a bottom-up reconstruction be made on the basis of Malay and the dialects and languages directly related to it. Such a reconstruction is also a sine qua non for a better understanding of the enormous influence Malay has had on other Indonesian and Philip pine languages.
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