>>20529415Yes. If you recognize any "english" loan words those are most likely germanic words they share with english. But yes, most loan words are from colonization. Try this for comparision between two SEA nations, one colonized by Spaniards and the other by the Dutch;
Buku [ID] = Boek [DUT]
Libro [TAG] = Libro [ESP]
Both mean "book", and the similarity between "buku" and "book" is due to English and Dutch being from the Germanic Language family tree.