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      • 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.
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      Malay language | History, Grammar & Writing System | Britannica

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Malayo-Polynesian_languagesMalayo-Polynesian languages - Wikipedia

    All major and official Austronesian languages belong to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup. Malayo-Polynesian languages with more than five million speakers are: Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog, Malagasy, Malay, Cebuano, Madurese, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, and Minangkabau.

  4. www.britannica.com › topic › Malay-languageMalay language | History, Grammar & Writing System | Britannica

    3 days ago · Javanese language, member of the Western, or Indonesian, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family, spoken as a native language by more than 68 million persons living primarily on the island of Java.

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  6. www.britannica.com › topic › Polynesian-languagesPolynesian languages | Oceanic, Austronesian, Melanesian

    The best-known Polynesian languages are Samoan, with about 200,000 speakers; Maori, spoken in New Zealand by about 100,000 persons; Tahitian, with an unknown number of native speakers but widely used as a lingua franca in French

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Malays_(ethnic_group)Malays (ethnic group) - Wikipedia

    The oldest form of Malay is descended from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the earliest Austronesian settlers in Southeast Asia. This form would later evolve into Old Malay when Indian cultures and religions began penetrating the region.

  8. www.britannica.com › topic › Malay-peopleMalay | History, Culture & Language | Britannica

    6 days ago · The Malays speak various dialects belonging to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages. The Malays were once probably a people of coastal Borneo who expanded into Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula as a result of their trading and seafaring way of life.

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  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Polynesian_languagesPolynesian languages - Wikipedia

    The most prominent Polynesian languages, by number of speakers, are Samoan, Tongan, Tahitian, Māori and Hawaiian . The ancestors of modern Polynesians were Lapita navigators, who settled in the Tonga and Samoa areas about 3,000 years ago.

  10. linguistics.byu.edu › malayo-polynesianWhat I’ve Learned about the Malayo-Polynesian Family of Languages

    Sep 6, 1999 · Indonesian and Malay are virtually the same language, differing only in a few minor orthographic variations. The Dutch developed the Malaysian spelling system while the British were responsible for the Indonesian; and therefore, the Indonesian j is y in Malay, dj is j , tj is ch , and sj is sh (Katzner 233).

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