PENGEMBANGAN PENGAJIAN MELAYU MEMPERKUKUHKAN BAHASA MELAYU NUSANTARA
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALAY STUDIES TO STRENGTH MALAY LANGUAGE IN NUSANTARA
Abstract
Anjakan usaha dan aspirasi memperkukuhkan bahasa Melayu di kepulauan Asia Tenggara perlu kekuatan yang bersandarkan pada pengembangan dan pemerkasaan pengajian Melayu secara horizontal. Harapan sedemikian tidak mungkin tercapai tanpa kekuatan kemahuan dalam kalangan cendekiawan, budayawan, sasterawan, penulis, pengerak bahasa dan sastera untuk menghasilkan pengajian Melayu yang berkualiti tinggi. Pengajian Melayu meliputi segala hasil kesusasteraan yang tertulis dalam bahasa Melayu, baik di Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Thailand, mahupun di wilayah berbahasa Melayu yang lain. Bahasa Melayu dalam terminologi supranasionalnya merentasi versi dan variasi bahasa Melayu Brunei Darussalam, bahasa Malaysia, bahasa Melayu Thailand, atau bahasa Indonesia. Dalam pengembangan pengajian Melayu yang berperanan mengangkat martabat bahasa, bangsa dan kesedaran rakyat telah mengembeling usaha dalam penglibatan wacana intelektual dunia. Karya berbahasa Melayu ditulis bagi mewacanakan pembangunan peradaban, membincangkan persoalan bahasa, sastera, budaya dan tradisi keilmuan dalam semua bidang. Di Malaysia dan Indonesia, karya sastera yang berbahasa Melayu telah menyemarakkan semangat perjuangan kemerdekaan, nasionalisme, dan menjadi wahana pembinaan negara bangsa serumpun, sehingga peranan dan fungsi pengajian Melayu serantau tidak pernah diragui, terutama dalam usaha memartabatkan bahasa Melayu.
Effort and aspiration to strengthen the Malay language in the Southeast Asia should have the strength that relate on the development and empowerment of Malay studies horizontally. Such expectations cannot be achieved without the power of the willingness among intellectuals, humanists, writers, authors besides language and literature mover to produce high-quality of Malay studies. The studies cover all literary works written in Malay Languages, whether in Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Thailand, or in any other Malay-speaking region. Malay Language in its supranational terminology across the version and variation of Brunei’s Malay Language, Malaysian Language, Thailand’s Malay Language or Indonesian Language. In the development of Malay studies which play as significant part to raise the dignity of language, nation and people's awareness that has been bringing together in world intellectual discourse involvement. The work was written for discoursing the Malay civilization development, discussing the question of language, literature, culture and tradition of knowledge in all fields. In Malaysia and Indonesia, the Malay-language literature has been the spirit of the struggle for independence, nationalism, and as a medium for nation building until the role and function of Malay Studies were never doubt especially in order to uphold the Malay language.
