Malay
Austronesian macrolanguage, basis for Malaysian Malay and Indonesian
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Summary
Malay is a natural language[1]. Malay ranks in the top 4% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,401 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Malaysia[3], Indonesia[4], Brunei[5], Singapore[6], Timor-Leste[7], Morocco[8], Lebanon[9], Egypt[10], Syria[11], Tunisia[12], Thailand[13], Jordan[14], Mauritania[15], Bahrain[16]
- Instance of: macrolanguage[17], modern language[18], language[19], standard language[20], literary language[21], human language[22]
- Subclass of: Malayan[23]
- Writing system: Malay alphabet[24], Jawi[25], Latin script[26]
- Commons category: Malay language[27]
- Wikimedia language code: ms[28]
- Said to be the same as: Bahasa[29]
- Coordinate location: 4, 102[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Malay language[31]
- Language regulatory body: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka[32], Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei[33], Agency for Language Development and Cultivation[34]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 77,000,000[35]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38]
- Native label: Bahasa Melayu[39], بهاس ملايو[40]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C154037[41]
- Short name: BM[42], ب. م.[43]
- Different from: Malayalam[44], Malagasy[45], Malaysian Malay[46]
- History of topic: history of the Malay language[47]
- Indigenous to: Malays[48]
- Studied by: Malay studies[49]
Why It Matters
Malay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Malay is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Malay has been cited as an influence by English[52], a natural language[53], in American Samoa[54] and Singlish[55], a creole[56], in Singapore[57].
FAQs
Who did Malay influence?
Malay has been cited as an influence by English[52] and Singlish[55].