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Indonesian and Malaysian Speaking countries


Malaysian and Indonesian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Indonesia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Tamil Language   

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Indonesian and Malaysian as Minority Language

In Indonesian and Malaysian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Indonesian and Malaysian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.
  • Malaysian as minority language: Thailand.

If you want to compare Indonesian and Malaysian dialects, then you can go to Indonesian vs Malaysian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Indonesian and Malaysian Regulators

Indonesian and Malaysian speaking countries provide you Indonesian and Malaysian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa regulates Indonesian language.Malaysian is regulated by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Also get to learn, Indonesian and Malaysian Language History.

Indonesian and Malaysian Continents

Thinking about Indonesian and Malaysian continents in which Indonesian and Malaysian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Indonesian and Malaysian. Most of the Indonesian speaking countries lie in Asia. While Malaysian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Indonesian and Malaysian languages:

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

Malaysian Interesting Facts:

The Indonesian language was derived from Malay and Dutch Languages and is similar to Malay language whereas Indonesian language is similar to Indonesian Language and derived from Tamil Language.

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