Dictionnaire Malais-Francais. Tome premier

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This premier volume (1875?) provides preface that describes the history of the manuscript to this dictionary. It also includes preliminary notes on the finer points of the Malay language such as the pronunciation, classification of words, etymology, orthography and the list of authors that Favre consulted. The tables of the Malay alphabet are in Jawi, Javanese, Batak, Macassar and Bougis, Tagal and Bisaya, Sanskrit. The words start from "alif" character to "nun" onwards.