ISO 639-3 · msamsa
Austronesian family · macrolanguage
Malay
Bahasa Melayu
Malay is a macrolanguage of the Malayan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia and 14 more countries. Wikidata counts 77 m first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian macrolanguage, basis for Malaysian Malay and Indonesian”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
msa- ISO 639-1
ms- Glottocode
indo1326- Family
- Austronesian
- Centre point
- 4.00, 102.00
- Wikipedia
- 163 language editions
77 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
18countries
3scripts
4levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Malay · Bahasa Melayu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Malay language, Malay macrolanguage, Malay-Indonesian, Malay–Indonesian |
| L1 speakers | 77,000,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Malay alphabet, Jawi, Latin script |
| Official in | Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Malay yet.
family tree
From Austronesian to Malay
The branches above Malay, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Singaporeofficial · 21 languages in the indexMalaysiaofficial · 113 languages in the indexBruneiofficial · 18 languages in the indexIndonesia691 languages in the indexEast Timor24 languages in the indexMorocco14 languages in the indexLebanon8 languages in the indexEgypt13 languages in the indexSyria19 languages in the indexTunisia7 languages in the indexThailand53 languages in the indexJordan10 languages in the indexMauritania8 languages in the indexBahrain8 languages in the indexEritrea14 languages in the indexSudan73 languages in the indexSouth Sudan63 languages in the indexSaudi Arabia12 languages in the index
Also spoken in Singapore
zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bnengEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafejavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroussunSundaneseAustronesian · 32.4 m5 · DevelopingmadMadureseAustronesian · 15 m5 · Developing