SECTION Ⅰ 1
THE ALPHABET 1
SECTION Ⅱ 19
SPELLING 19
INTRODUCTORY 19
A．THE VOWELS 20
1．THE VOWEL alif 21
2．The Vowels wau and ya 34
Summary of Rules for Vowels 41
B．The Consonants 43
C．Hamzah 47
D．Reduplication 49
E．Compound Words 51
F．＇Look-and-Read＇ Words 52
G．Vowel-Points 56
SECTION Ⅲ 60
COMMON ARABIC LOAN-WORDS 60
SECTION Ⅳ 72
READING PRACTICE 72
1．Sentences 72
2．The Underground 75
3．The first paragraph of a modern letter to a friend 76
4．An excerpt from Hikayat Pělandok Jěnaka 77
5．An excerpt from Hikayat Sang Loměri 78
6．Jawi Spelling (from Daftar Ejaan Mělayu) 78
7．Hunting Wild Horses 79
8．Installation of a High Commissioner 80
9．An excerpt from Sha＇er Ken Tambohan 82
10．Captions from Hari Ini 83
11．Three exhortations from posters 84
12．Five newspaper titles 86
13．Some newspaper headlines 88
14．Advertisements from gramophone records 89
15．Community Centres 90
16．Four Pantuns 92
17．Fishing method 94
18．A letter from a Pěnghulu 94
19．The Homeward Voyage 98
20．Sound Advice 101
21．Rueful Repentance 105
22．A Last-minute Note 108
23．An application for a school-place for a grand-daughter 109
24．An application for permission to plant trees on rice-land 112
25．A Note accompanying a word-list 114
26．This is Radio Malaya 115
27．Two extracts transcribed from a newspaper：(a) Snacks sold by children．(b) A sports result 119
28．Malacca to be a Free Port 121
29．A request for a settlement of debts 125
30．Extract from Hikayat Sěri Rama 128
31．Extract from Hikayat Bayan Budiman 129
32．Extract from Sějarah Mělayu：The Portuguese Reach Malacca 131
33．Extract from Hikayat Abdul Rahman dan Abdul Rahim：The Twins 134
34．A letter：supplication from a deserted wife 137
35．Extract from Sha＇er Ken Tambohan 140
36．A Trading Permit to an Elizabethan merchant 143
37．A Loyal Address：To Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second 148
Conversion of dates 150
SECTION Ⅴ 152
TRANSLITERATIONS 152
VOCABULARY 177