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Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken natively by 40 million people across Southeast Asia. It is the official language of Malaysia and Brunei, and a standardized version called Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Malay is also one of the official languages of Singapore. The standard language varies by country, being called Bahasa Malaysia in Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu in Brunei, Singapore, and parts of Indonesia and Thailand, and Bahasa Indonesia after undergoing standardization processes in Indonesia.

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Malay Language: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Jump To:, Not To Be Confused With The

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken natively by 40 million people across Southeast Asia. It is the official language of Malaysia and Brunei, and a standardized version called Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Malay is also one of the official languages of Singapore. The standard language varies by country, being called Bahasa Malaysia in Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu in Brunei, Singapore, and parts of Indonesia and Thailand, and Bahasa Indonesia after undergoing standardization processes in Indonesia.

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Malay language

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Not to be confused with the Malayalam language, spoken in India.
Malay
Bahasa Melayu
‫بهاس ماليو‬
 Malaysia (as Malaysian)

 Brunei
 Singapore
 Indonesia (as a regional language per se; and
nationally as Indonesian[1] after going through

standardization processes)

Spoken in  East Timor (specifically as Indonesian[1], as one

of its working languages)

 Thailand (In southern Thailand)


 Myanmar (In southern Myanmar)
 Sri Lanka
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands[2]
 Christmas Island[2]
Total 40 million native (incl. 23 million Indonesian);
speakers approx. 180 million total (90% Indonesian)[3][4]
Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
o Nuclear MP
 Malayo-Sumbawan
Language
 Malayic
family
 Malayan
 Malay

 Malay
Standard Malaysian
forms Indonesian[1]
Dialects Malay dialects
Rumi (Latin alphabet), Malay Variant (official in
Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia; co-official in
Brunei)
Writing
system Jawi (Arabic script) (co-official in Brunei and
Malaysia[5]).

Historically written in Pallava, Kawi and Rencong


Official status
 Malaysia
Official
 Brunei
language in
 Singapore
 Indonesia (Malay enjoys a status as a regional language in

Recognised Indonesia, separated from Indonesian which receives a national language

minority status)

language in  Thailand (Malay is the language of the Muslim community in


Southern Thailand)

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Institute of Language and


Literature;
Regulated by Majlis Bahasa Brunei - Indonesia - Malaysia (Brunei -
Indonesia - Malaysia Language Council — MABBIM) (a
trilateral joint-venture)

Language codes
ISO 639-1 ms
msa (T
ISO 639-2 may (B) 
)
ISO 639-3 msa – Macrolanguage
individual codes:
btj – Bacanese Malay
mfb – Bangka
bjn – Banjar
bve – Berau Malay
kxd – Brunei
bvu – Bukit Malay
pse – Central Malay
coa – Cocos Islands Malay
liw – Col
dup – Duano
hji – Haji
ind – Indonesian
jak – Jakun
jax – Jambi Malay
vkk – Kaur
meo – Kedah Malay
kvr – Kerinci
mqg – Kota Bangun Kutai Malay
kvb – Kubu
lce – Loncong
lcf – Lubu
zlm – Malay (individual language)
xmm – Manado Malay
min – Minangkabau
mui – Musi
zmi – Negeri Sembilan Malay
max – North Moluccan Malay
orn – Orang Kanaq
ors – Orang Seletar
mfa – Pattani Malay
pel – Pekal
msi – Sabah Malay
zsm – Standard Malay
tmw – Temuan
vkt – Tenggarong Kutai Malay
urk – Urak Lawoi'
Linguasphere –

  Malaysia
  Countries besides Malaysia where Malay Language is an official
language
  Indonesia
  Countries beside Indonesia where Indonesian is an official
language
  Areas where Malay Language is spoken but has no official
status

Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. Malay is the


official language of Malaysia (Malaysian) and Brunei. Another
standardized version of Malay, Indonesian[1], is the official language
of Indonesia. Malay is also one of four official languages of
Singapore. It is spoken natively by 40 million people[6] across the
Malacca Strait, including the coasts of the Malay Peninsula of
Malaysia and southern Thailand, Riau province, the eastern coast of
Sumatra, and the Riau Islands in Indonesia, and has been established
as a native language of part of western coastal Sarawak in Borneo.

In Malaysia, the standard language is called Bahasa Malaysia


"Malaysian language". In Singapore, Brunei, southern Thailand, and
the southern Philippines it is called Bahasa Melayu "Malay language",
and in Indonesia it has undergone a series of standardizations and
modifications to form what is now called as Bahasa Indonesia[1],
"Indonesian language", and furthermore designated as Bahasa Nasional
"National Language" and Bahasa Persatuan/Pemersatu "Unifying
Language/Lingua Franca". However, in areas of central to southern
Sumatra (mainly Riau) where the language is indigenous, Indonesians
keep referring it to as Bahasa Melayu and designated it as one of its
regional languages.

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