Malay language - Wikipedia
WEBMalay (/ m ə ˈ l eɪ / mə-LAY; Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.
Malaysian Malay - Wikipedia
WEBMalaysian Malay (Malay: Bahasa Melayu Malaysia), also known as Standard Malay (Bahasa Melayu piawai), Bahasa Malaysia (lit. ' Malaysian language ' ), or simply Malay , is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Brunei and Singapore (as opposed to the variety used in Indonesia , which is referred to as the ...
Languages of Malaysia - Wikipedia
WEBMalaysia contains speakers of 137 living languages, [2] 41 of which are found in Peninsular Malaysia. [3] The government provides schooling at the primary level in each of the three major languages, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. Within Malay and Tamil there are a number of dialectal differences. [4]
History of the Malay language - Wikipedia
WEBMalay evolved extensively into Classical Malay through the gradual influx of numerous elements of Arabic and Persian vocabulary when Islam made its way to the region. Initially, Classical Malay was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Malay kingdoms of Southeast Asia.
Malay language | History, Grammar & Writing System | Britannica
WEB4 days ago · Malay language, member of the Western, or Indonesian, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family, spoken as a native language by more than 33,000,000 persons distributed over the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and the numerous smaller islands of the area, and widely used in.
Malay language - Wikiwand
WEBMalay is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand. Altogether, it is spoken by 290 million people across Maritime Southeast Asia.
Malay language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBMalay is an Austronesian language predominantly spoken by Malay people in northeastern of Sumatra to the Riau Islands and its surroundings; which includes Singapore and Malay Peninsula, as well as the western and northernmost coast of Borneo (especially in Pontianak and Brunei).
Malayic languages - Wikipedia
WEBMalayic languages. The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. [1] . The most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric language given national status in Brunei and Singapore while also the basis for national standards Malaysian in Malaysia and Indonesian in Indonesia.
Malaysian Malay - Wikiwand
WEB'Malaysian language' ), or simply Malay, is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Brunei and Singapore (as opposed to the variety used in Indonesia, which is referred to as the "Indonesian" language ). Malaysian Malay is standardized from the Johore-Riau dialect of Malay.
Malay language, alphabets and pronunciation - Omniglot
WEBMalay is a Malayic language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand. The total number of speakers of Standard Malay is about 18 million. There are also about 170 million people who speak Indonesian, which is a form of Malay.
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