Malay

Summary

Malay is a natural language^[1]. Malay ranks in the top 4% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,658 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Malay is in the country of Malaysia^[3].
• Malay is in the country of Indonesia^[4].
• Malay is in the country of Brunei^[5].
• Malay is in the country of Singapore^[6].
• Malay is in the country of Timor-Leste^[7].
• Malay is in the country of Morocco^[8].
• Malay's instance of is recorded as natural language^[9].
• Malay's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage^[10].
• Malay's instance of is recorded as modern language^[11].
• Malay's instance of is recorded as language^[12].
• Malay's instance of is recorded as standard language^[13].
• Malay's instance of is recorded as literary language^[14].
• Malay's instance of is recorded as human language^[15].
• Malay is a type of Malayan^[16].
• Malay's writing system is recorded as Malay alphabet^[17].
• Malay's writing system is recorded as Jawi^[18].
• Malay's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[19].
• Malay's Commons category is recorded as Malay language^[20].
• Malay's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ms^[21].
• Malay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 4, 'lon': 102}^[22].
• Malay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Malay language^[23].
• Malay's language regulatory body is recorded as Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka^[24].
• Malay's language regulatory body is recorded as Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei^[25].
• Malay's language regulatory body is recorded as Agency for Language Development and Cultivation^[26].
• Malay's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+77000000'}^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[9], macrolanguage^[10], modern language^[11], language^[12], standard language^[13], and literary language^[14]. Malay is a type of Malayan^[16].

Why It Matters

Malay ranks in the top 4% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,658 views/month).^[2] Malay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Malay is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Malay has been cited as an influence by English^[30], a natural language^[31], in American Samoa^[32] and Singlish^[33], a creole^[34], in Singapore^[35].

FAQs

Who did Malay influence?

Malay has been cited as an influence by English^[30] and Singlish^[33].