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Malay (Malay: Bahasa Melayu) Is an [[Austronesian language]], it has official status in [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]]. It is spoken by 290 million people across the [[Strait of Malacca]], including the coasts of the [[Malay Peninsula]] and the eastern coast of [[Sumatra]].

Malay (Malay: Bahasa Melayu) Is an [[Austronesian language]], it has official status in [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]].  

As the National Language (Malay: Bahasa Nasional or Bahasa Kebangsaan) of several states Malay has various official names, in Brunei and Singapore it is known as Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language); in Malaysia Bahasa Malaysia (Malaysian language); and in Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language).

As a language spoken in several states Malay has various official names, in Brunei and Singapore it is known as Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language); in Malaysia Bahasa Malaysia (Malaysian language); and in Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language).

There are over 200 million speakers of all varieties of Malay in the world.<ref>https://www.ethnologue.com/language/zlm</ref>

 

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There are over 19 million Malay speakers in the world.<ref>https://www.ethnologue.com/language/zlm</ref>

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