Judeo-Malay

Judeo-Malay (Malay: Yahudi-Melayu, Jawi: يهودي-ملايو, Hebrew: מלאית-יהודית) is a variant of the Malay language once spoken or written by the Jews of Penang, a state located in northern Peninsular Malaysia. Judeo-Malay is the only known recorded Jewish language in the Austronesian family. The surviving manuscripts of Judeo-Malay are recorded on a notepad of an Iranian Jew by the name of Rahamim Jacob Cohen that is currently kept in Microfilms of Alalay Manuscripts from the British Library's Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections.

Judeo-Malay
Yahudi-Melayu · יאהודי-מֱלאיו
A Judeo-Malay word list from circa 1900 from a notepad belonging to Rahamim Jacob Cohen
Native toMalaysia
RegionPenang
EthnicityMalaysian Jews
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • (disputed)
      • Malayic
        • Malay
          • Judeo-Malay
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
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