Malaysia ine mavambo ayo muumambo hweMalay iyo, kubva muzana ramakore rechi18, yakava pasi peBritain Empire, pamwe chete neBritish Straits Settlements protectorate. Peninsular Malaysia yakabatanidzwa seMalayan Union muna 1946. Malaya yakagadziriswazve seFederation of Malaya muna 1948, uye yakawana rusununguko musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu 1957. Malaya yakabatana neNorth Borneo, Sarawak, neSingapore musi wa16 Gunyana 1963 kuti ive Malaysia. Muna 1965, Singapore yakadzingwa kubva mumubatanidzwa. Nyika iyi ine vanhu vemarudzi akawanda uye vane tsika dzakasiyana, iyo inoita basa rakakura mune zvematongerwo enyika. Inenge hafu yehuwandu hwevanhu ndevemadzinza, ine vashoma veMalaysian Chinese, maIndia eMalaysia, uye vanhu vemunharaunda. Kunyange zvazvo mutemo wenyika uchibvuma chitendero cheIslam, unopa rusununguko rwechitendero kune vasiri maMuslim. Hurumende yeMalaysia inoramba yakanyatsogadziriswa seFederation of Malaya muna 1948, uye yakawana rusununguko musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu 1957. Malaya yakabatana neNorth Borneo,
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