Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Hai
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
sila
  
sila
  
Sorry
maaf
  
maaf
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malais
  
malais
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Malaysian and Malaysian Speaking population
Malaysian and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Malaysian on Malaysian vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Malaysian Language Codes
Malaysian and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.