Malay language - Wikipedia
Malay (/ m ə ˈ l eɪ / mə-LAY; [7] Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.
Malaysian Malay - Wikipedia
Between 1986 and 2007, the term bahasa Malaysia was replaced by "bahasa Melayu". In 2007, to recognize that Malaysia is composed of many ethnic groups (and not only the ethnic Malays), the term bahasa Malaysia became the government's preferred designation for the national language.
Malay language | History, Grammar & Writing System | Britannica
Dec 11, 2024 · Malay language, member of the Western, or Indonesian, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family, spoken as a native language by more than 33,000,000 persons distributed over the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and the numerous smaller islands of the area, and widely used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a second language.
Bahasa Melayu - Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu, ensiklopedia bebas
Bahasa Melayu (Tulisan Jawi: بهاس ملايو; Rejang: ꤷꥁꤼ ꤸꥍꤾꤿꥈ) ialah salah satu daripada bahasa-bahasa Melayu-Polinesia di bawah keluarga bahasa Austronesia, yang merupakan bahasa rasmi di Malaysia Brunei, Indonesia, dan Singapura, serta dituturkan di Timor Leste dan sebahagian wilayah di Kemboja, Filipina dan Thailand.
Learn Bahasa Melayu: Introduction to the Malay Language - UM
Malaysia’s official language is the Malay language, also known as Bahasa Melayu. Globally, over 290 million people speak Malay either natively or as a second language, putting it within the top ten most spoken languages in the world.
Bahasa Melayu Malaysia - Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu ...
Bahasa Melayu Malaysia juga dikenali sebagai Bahasa Melayu Piawai atau secara ringkasnya disebut sebagai Bahasa Melayu sahaja ialah suatu bahasa di Malaysia yang merupakan versi bahasa Melayu yang dikawal selia pemiawaiannya oleh Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia.
Malay language, alphabets and pronunciation - Omniglot
Malay is a Malayic language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand. The total number of speakers of Standard Malay is about 18 million. There are also about 170 million people who speak Indonesian, which is a form of Malay.