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.

Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form As subject As object
Malay language 0 7
Brunei Malay 0 5
Standard Malay 0 5
Malaysian Malay 0 2
Singapore Malay 0 2
Classical Malay 0 1
Kelantanese Malay 0 1
Malay macrolanguage 0 1
Medan Malay 0 1
Modern Malay 0 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 (61)

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

this entity surface form: Standard Malay
Riau Islands → ethnicGroup → Malay →
Old Malay → followedBy → Malay →
this entity surface form: Classical Malay
Old Malay → followedBy → Malay →
this entity surface form: Modern Malay
Sarawak → hasEthnicGroup → Malay →
Sumatra → hasEthnicGroup → Malay →
this entity surface form: Malay language
this entity surface form: Brunei Malay
this entity surface form: Standard Malay
Islamic world → hasLanguage → Malay →
Singkawang → hasLanguage → Malay →
Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Malay →
Armand → hasLanguageOfUse → Malay →
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Malay →
this entity surface form: Malay language
this entity surface form: Malay language
this entity surface form: Standard Malay
this entity surface form: Brunei Malay
Riau → hasRegionalLanguage → Malay →
this entity surface form: Malay language
subject surface form: Southern Thailand
this entity surface form: Patani Malay
subject surface form: Baling Talks
Medan → localLanguage → Malay →
this entity surface form: Medan Malay
this entity surface form: Malay macrolanguage
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
this entity surface form: Malay language
this entity surface form: Standard Malay
this entity surface form: Brunei Malay
Malaysia → nationalLanguage → Malay →
Kedah → officialLanguage → Malay →
Kelantan → officialLanguage → Malay →
Labuan → officialLanguage → Malay →
Malacca → officialLanguage → Malay →
Perlis → officialLanguage → Malay →
Sabah → officialLanguage → Malay →