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   Is Malay a language?

   • 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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   What ethnic group is Malay?

   • Malay, any member of an ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula and portions of adjacent islands of Southeast Asia, including the east coast of Sumatra, the coast of Borneo, and smaller islands that lie between these areas. The Malays speak various dialects belonging to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages.

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   Is Malayo-Polynesian a Formosan language?

   • Malayo-Polynesian (red) may lie within Eastern Formosan (purple). The white section is unattested; some maps fill it in with Luiyang, Kulon or as generic 'Ketagalan'. The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian.

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   Is Iban a Malaysian language?

   • An Iban speaker, recorded in Malaysia. The Iban language ( jaku Iban) is spoken by the Iban, one of the Dayak ethnic groups, who live in Brunei, the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan and in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It belongs to the Malayic subgroup, a Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tausug_languageTausug language - Wikipedia

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   May 3, 2024 · 'Language of Sulu/the Tausūg people') is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines and in the eastern area of the state of Sabah, Malaysia as well as in the Nunukan Regency, province of North Kalimantan, Indonesia by the Tausūg people.

   • Native speakers: 1.2 million (2010)

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   May 1, 2024 · According to American linguist Robert Blust, the Formosan languages form nine of the ten principal branches of the family, while the one remaining principal branch, Malayo-Polynesian, contains nearly 1,200 Austronesian languages found outside Taiwan.

   • Ethnicity: Taiwanese Aborigines (Formosan people)
   • Linguistic classification: AustronesianFormosan

   • Geographic distribution: Taiwan

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Iban_languageIban language - Wikipedia

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   21 hours ago · The Iban language ( jaku Iban) is spoken by the Iban, one of the Dayak ethnic groups, who live in Brunei, the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan and in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It belongs to the Malayic subgroup, a Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Iban has reached a stage of becoming a koiné language in ...

   • Native speakers: 2,450,000 (2019), 1,900,000 L2 speakers in Malaysia (2019)

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   4 days ago · 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.

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   May 5, 2024 · Malay, any member of an ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula and portions of adjacent islands of Southeast Asia, including the east coast of Sumatra, the coast of Borneo, and smaller islands that lie between these areas. The Malays speak various dialects belonging to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages.

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7. worldlanguagelibrary.com › language › malayLearn Malay Online (Bahasa Melayu) - World Language Library

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   Apr 28, 2024 · Quick Facts About Malay. Native Speakers: 77 million (2007) L2 Speakers: 200-250 million (2009) Region: Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Brunei, Singapore, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

8. www.omniglot.com › writing › owaOwa language and alphabet - Omniglot

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   Apr 15, 2024 · Owa. Owa is a member of the Southeast Solomonic group of Oceanic Malayo-Polynesian languages. It is spoken by about 8,400 people mainly in the south of Makira Island (San Cristobal), and on Owaraha (Santa Ana) and Owariki (Santa Catalina) islands in Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. Owa was formerly known as Santa Ana, and is ...