Malay surat

← Proto-Malayic *surat (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suRat (inherited)

→ Aklanon sueat (cognate)

→ Bikol Central surat (borrowed)

→ Cebuano sulat (borrowed)

→ Cebuano suwat (borrowed)

→ Indonesian surat (inherited)

→ Malagasy soratra (borrowed)

→ Malay surat khabar (compound)

→ Ternate surat (borrowed)

→ Tagalog sulat (borrowed)

→ Urak Lawoi' ซูรัยจ (cognate)