# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asmah-haji-omar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:24:08.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asmah-haji-omar"
name: "Asmah Haji Omar"
slug: "asmah-haji-omar"
description: "Asmah binti Omar is a Malaysian linguist. She is an emeritus professor at the Academy of Malay Studies, University of Malaya (UM). She was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics of the university. She was invited by Sultan Idris Education University to occupy the Za'ba Chair of Malay Civilization, and established the Institute of Malay Civilization (2001–2005) after retiring."
tagline: "Malaysian linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asmah_Haji_Omar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-03-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.307692307692308
  historical:           7.934485333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://bdr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmah_Omar"
    title: "Asmah Omar"
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    title: "Asmah Haji Omar"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmah_Haji_Omar"
    title: "Asmah Haji Omar"
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    title: "Asmah Haji Omar"
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    title: "Asmah Haji Omar"
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    title: "Asmah Haji Omar"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmah_Haji_Omar"
    title: "Asmah Haji Omar"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Асмах Хаджи Омар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E6%96%AF%E7%8E%9B%C2%B7%E5%93%88%E5%90%89%C2%B7%E5%A5%A5%E9%A9%AC%E5%B0%94"
    title: "阿斯玛·哈吉·奥马尔"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump