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زبان مالایی
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زبانی آسترونزیایی
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Malay is a macrolanguage that forms the basis for the official languages of Malaysia and Indonesia, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in Southeast Asia. It matters because it serves as the primary language for communication, government, and daily life for hundreds of millions of people across the region.
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- Wikimedia language code
- ms
- native label
- بهاس ملايو
- short name
- ب. م.
- Commons category
- Malay language
- P10369
- North America
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 77000000
- P11012
- Pierce Silver Arrow
- P13311
- Berenice I of Egypt
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Malay trade and creole languages
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Central Malay
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Kelantan-Pattani Malay
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Malaysian Malay
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Agglutinative languagesISO language articles citing sources other than EthnologueLanguage articles citing Ethnologue 28Language articles with Linguasphere codeLanguages attested from the 7th centuryLanguages of AcehLanguages of BruneiLanguages of IndonesiaLanguages of MalaysiaLanguages of SingaporeLanguages of SumatraLanguages of ThailandLanguages with ISO 639-1 codeLanguages with ISO 639-2 codeLingua francasMalay language