Malay

E23976

Austronesian language language

Malay is an Austronesian language widely spoken in Southeast Asia and serves as a national or official language in several countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, and Singapore.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Malay canonical	112
Malay language	57
Standard Malay	24
Brunei Malay	5
Indonesian Malay	3
Bahasa Malaysia	2
Malaysian Malay	2
Singapore Malay	2
Bahasa Melayu	1
Classical Malay	1
Kelantanese Malay	1
Malay macrolanguage	1
Medan Malay	1
Modern Malay	1
Patani Malay	1
Riau Malay	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Banjar language ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ Minangkabau ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakersIn	Borneo ⓘ Malay Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Peninsular Malaysia Sumatra ⓘ
historicalScript	Kawi script ⓘ Pallava script ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	ms ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	msa ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	msa ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
macrolanguageOf	Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brunei Malay Indonesian ⓘ Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Malaysian Malay Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Singapore Malay
majorLoanwordSource	Arabic ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Sanskrit ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
officialStatusIn	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ
primaryReligionContext	Islam ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
regulatingBody	Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Malaysia) ⓘ Language Council of Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia (MABBIM) ⓘ Language and Literature Bureau (Brunei) ⓘ
scriptVariant	Jawi script ⓘ surface form: Jawi Rumi ⓘ
spokenIn	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ
standardizedVariety	Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brunei Malay Indonesian ⓘ Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Malaysian Malay Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Singapore Malay Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Malay
subfamily	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
usedAs	lingua franca in Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
usedIn	education in Malaysia ⓘ mass media in Malaysia ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Jawi script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ Rumi script ⓘ

Referenced by (215)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Singapore → officialLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Singapore → nationalLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Malaysia → nationalLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Brunei Darussalam → officialLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Islamic world → hasLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Old Malay → followedBy → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Malay

Old Malay → followedBy → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Modern Malay

Old Malay → modernDescendant → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Malay

Old Malay → modernDescendant → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunei Malay

Sumatra → hasEthnicGroup → Malay ⓘ

Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Malay ⓘ

Indonesian → standardBasedOn → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riau Malay

Indonesian → closelyRelatedTo → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Malay

Indonesian → macrolanguageMemberOf → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay macrolanguage

Medan → localLanguage → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medan Malay

Malay → standardizedVariety → Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Malay

Malay → standardizedVariety → Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malaysian Malay

Malay → standardizedVariety → Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunei Malay

Malay → standardizedVariety → Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Singapore Malay

Malay → macrolanguageOf → Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malaysian Malay

Malay → macrolanguageOf → Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunei Malay

Malay → macrolanguageOf → Malay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Singapore Malay

Greater North Borneo languages → hasExampleLanguage → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay language

Greater North Borneo languages → hasExampleLanguage → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunei Malay

Greater North Borneo languages → hasExampleLanguage → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Malay

southern Thailand → languageSpoken → Malay ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Thailand

this entity surface form: Patani Malay

mak yong → usesLanguage → Malay ⓘ

subject surface form: Mak Yong

this entity surface form: Kelantanese Malay

Malayic languages → hasMember → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay language

Malayic languages → hasMember → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Malay

Malayic languages → hasMember → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunei Malay

Malayic languages → majorLanguage → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay language

Malayic languages → standardVarietyOf → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay language

Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay language

Riau Islands → ethnicGroup → Malay ⓘ

Sarawak → hasEthnicGroup → Malay ⓘ

Pattani Sultanate → language → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay language

Tetum → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Malay ⓘ

Christmas Island → primaryEthnicGroups → Malay ⓘ

Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) → languageUsed → Malay ⓘ

subject surface form: Baling Talks

Federation of Malaya → officialLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Malayan Communist Party → languageOfCommunication → Malay ⓘ

Kedah → officialLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Kelantan → officialLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Pegon script → usedFor → Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malay language

Armand → hasLanguageOfUse → Malay ⓘ

Perlis → officialLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Nur Herman Majid → languageOfWorkOrName → Malay ⓘ

Singkawang → hasLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Terengganu → officialLanguage → Malay ⓘ

Marina Chin → languageOfWorkOrName → Malay ⓘ