The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. Their most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric language with national status in Brunei and Singapore that also provides the basis for the national standards Malaysian in Malaysia and Indonesian in Indonesia. The branch also includes local languages spoken by ethnic Malays and by various other ethnic groups of Sumatra, other parts of Indonesia and Borneo, extending as far as Urak Lawoi on the southwestern coast of Thailand.
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RegionBorneo, Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, Java and several islands in the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca 1 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed; the ancestor language is called Proto-Malayic. 1 Sources
1. Malayic languages, Wikipedia
Languages section, sentence 1
Malayic languages are spoken on Borneo, Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, Java and on several islands located in the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca.
Infobox, Proto-language
Proto-language: Proto-Malayic
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