![]() It is spoken by 270 million people acrossthe Straitof Malacca, including the coasts of the Malay Peninsulaof Malaysiaand the eastern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, and hasbeenestablished as a native language of part of western coastalSarawakand West Kalimantan in Borneo.Īs the Bahasa Kebangsaan or Bahasa Nasional (National Language)ofseveral states, Standard Malay has various official names.InSingapore and Brunei it is called Bahasa Melayu (Malaylanguage) in Malaysia, Bahasa Malaysia (Malaysian language) andinIndonesia, Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) and isdesignatedthe Bahasa Persatuan/Pemersatu ("unifying language/linguafranca").However, in areas of central to southern Sumatra where thelanguageis indigenous, Indonesians refer to it as Bahasa Melayuandconsider it one of their regional languages. ![]() ![]() It has an official status in Brunei, Indonesia,Malaysia,and Singapore. Malay (/məˈleɪ/ Malay: Bahasa Melayu Jawialphabet: بهاس ملايو) is a major language of theAustronesianfamily.
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