Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 11 -- Malaysia's Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) has rolled out key measures to protect the status of the national language amid rapid technological advancement.

The initiative is part of the 2023-2030 Malay Language Sustainability Action Plan.

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said one measure involves developing a national Bahasa Melayu digital corpus to compile Malay texts, terms and phrases for inclusion in artificial intelligence systems and machine learning engines.

He revealed that collaboration between universities and the local AI industry to produce language models and digital applications capable of understanding Malay language context is also being carried out.

MOHE is establishing language a...