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Malaysian and Indonesian Speaking countries


Indonesian and Malaysian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Indonesia   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

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Malaysian and Indonesian as Minority Language

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

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

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

Malaysian and Indonesian Regulators

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

Malaysian and Indonesian Continents

Thinking about Malaysian and Indonesian continents in which Malaysian and Indonesian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Malaysian and Indonesian. Most of the Malaysian speaking countries lie in Asia. While Indonesian 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 Malaysian and Indonesian languages:

Malaysian Interesting Facts:

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

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

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