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The following is a list of sovereign states that have Malay as an official language. Malay Linguasphere. Singapore and Brunei, where Standard Malay is an official language. Southern Thailand and the Cocos Isl., where other varieties of Malay are spoken.
Malay ( / məˈleɪ /; [7] Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of the Philippines and Thailand.
'Malaysian language'), or simply Malay, is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Brunei and Singapore (as opposed to the variety used in Indonesia, which is referred to as the "Indonesian" language ). Malaysian Malay is standardized from the Johore-Riau dialect of Malay.
The following is a list of sovereign states that have Malay as an official language. Malay Linguasphere. Indonesia. Malaysia. Singapore and Brunei, where Standard Malay is an official language. East Timor, where Indonesian is a working language. Southern Thailand and the Cocos Isl., where other varieties of Malay are spoken.
Languages of Malaysia The indigenous languages of Malaysia belong to the Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian families. The national, or official, language is Malay which is the mother tongue of the majority Malay ethnic group.