Editing Malaysian English (section)

===Vocabulary===
In the acrolect, which uses standard English vocabulary and is internationally comprehensible, non-English terms are still used. Typically these are words for which there is no direct equivalence in English or those that express local reality; for example, ''[[bumiputera (Malaysia)|bumiputera]]'', ''[[kampong (village)|kampong]]'', as well as titles such as [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] and [[Tunku]]. Words from the Chinese or Indian languages may also be used, such as ''[[ang pow]]'' or ''[[dhoti]]''.<ref name="ISRN"/>

In the mesolect, local words and phrases for which there are English equivalents may also used, for example, ''tidak apa'' ("never mind", "it does not matter") or ''ulu'' (or ''hulu'', meaning "head", "upper reaches of a river", "interior of a country").<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/malayenglishvoca00sheliala/page/134/mode/2up |title=Malay English Vocabulary |date=1912 |pages=46, 135 }}</ref> In the basilect, the use of local terms may be extensive even if most words used are English, and local expressions or exclamations such as ''alamak'' (Oh my god) often form part of the speech.<ref name="ISRN"/>