Malays in the Holy Land: An Ethnolinguistic Study

This book is an ethnolinguistic study of Malay settlers in Mecca, Madinah
and Jeddah, based on a research undertaken by the authors in 2014.
Narration from the people themselves of their background history and
community life had resulted in a wealth of data depicting a historical
landscape of maintenance and shift of language use and lifestyle of three
generations of informants. Where there used to be a strong inclination to
adopt and adapt to the Arab lifestyle inclusive of language use, there now
appears to be a revitalisation among the younger generation in the use of
Malay in preparation for their return to the Malay world, a situation
motivated by a more stringent policy of the Saudi government in offering
foreign settlers citizenship and permanent residence.

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