Malay is an Austronesian language native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2020-2023 estimate, first-language speakers (perhaps 125 million including local Malay varieties; 180 million with second-language speakers). Attested From (Year) RegionMaritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula 1 Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Malay Language
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Modern Malay is predominantly written in the Latin-based Rumi script; Jawi, an Arabic-based script, remains official for religious and traditional use in Malaysia and Brunei.
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Malay (Bahasa Melayu) belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian Family of languages, which extend from mainland Southeast Asia to Easter Island in the Pacific.
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Malay (UK: mə-LAY; endonym: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi script: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian pluricentric macrolanguage native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia.
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Malay (UK: mə-LAY; endonym: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi script: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian pluricentric macrolanguage native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia.
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Malay (UK: mə-LAY; endonym: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi script: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian pluricentric macrolanguage native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia.
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Source Wikipedia: Malay LanguageLead sentence 1tier 2Quote, Lead sentence 1
Malay (UK: mə-LAY; endonym: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi script: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian pluricentric macrolanguage native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia.
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Malay (UK: mə-LAY; endonym: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi script: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian pluricentric macrolanguage native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia. The language is an official language of Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore, where the standardised forms are known as Standard Malay.
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L1: 90 million, perhaps 125 million including local Malay (2020-2023)
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L1: million, perhaps 125 million including local Malay
History, Old Malay (Kedukan Bukit inscription)
Written in the Pallava variety of the Grantha alphabet, it is dated 1 May 683.
Official status, Malay entity page
The language is an official language of Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore, where the standardised forms are known as Standard Malay.
In Family: Austronesian, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Austronesian; immediate branch: Malayic languages (within Malayo-Polynesian).
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