Where to buy a Malay to English dictionary

Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) is an official language of Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. Malay belongs to the Western Malayo-Polynesian group of the Austronesian family of languages, which also includes the languages of Indonesia and the Philippines. In this article, a number of sources for Malay translation will be explored including online and print dictionaries. It will look at the differences and the pros and cons of each method.

Play.com

Play.com offers a wide selection of products such as books, CDs and DVDs. These products are sold with free delivery, and most products are dispatched around three to five working days. Play.com has a selection on Malay to English dictionaries - they range in price from £10 all the way up to £39. This information is accurate as of 01.09.11. These are print dictionaries, so users can obviously carry them around whenever they need it. It is especially effective if it is pocket-sized, and for someone who is travelling without access to an online source. A print dictionary will not help with pronunciation of word. So, as a complete beginner, it might be worth combining it with an audio service.

Amazon

Amazon has a wide selection of products such as CDs and books - they cover a wide selection of genres and cater for all levels of education and taste. Amazon has free delivery on orders if they reach a cost threshold. They also offer faster delivery options, should the customer choose to do this. They have a wide selection of Malay dictionaries - they range in price from £4 to £22 as of 01.09.11. Similar to Play.com, they have dictionaries that range from very simple translations all the way through to Malay history and a Malay dictionary.

Online dictionaries

There are also online sources to learn the Malay language, such as an online dictionary that will translate Malay and the Malaysian language These sites vary in nature from either just a dictionary, all the way to including the dictionary and pronunciation of words usually through an audio clip. These sites are quite useful as a guide to writing the phrases and language. The site Freelang.net offers users the chance to either download the dictionary, or to view it online. This option allows the user to create a free print copy as well as to use it as an online resource. The amount of words on the site is not the best that it has:1,015 words from Malay to English and 972 English to Malay words. This hasn’t been updated since 2007.