VaPutukezi ndivo vekutanga kuEurope kuzvitonga kuzvitonga paMalaysia Peninsula neSoutheast Asia, vachitora Malacca muna 1511, vachiteverwa neDutch muna 1641. Zvisinei, vaive maBritish avo, mushure mekutanga kumisikidza mabhesi kuJesselton, Kuching Peninsula, Singapore neSouthern Peninsula, vakapedzisira vawana hutongi hwavo mudunhu rose rava kunzi Malaysia. Chibvumirano cheAnglo-Dutch che1824 chakatsanangura miganhu yeBritish Malaya neEast India.
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