Malaysian Malay
| Malaysian Malay | |
|---|---|
| Standard Malay Bahasa Melayu Piawai بهاس ملايو ڤياواي | |
| Bahasa Melayu Malaysia بهاس ملايو مليسيا Bahasa Malaysia بهاس مليسيا | |
| Pronunciation | [baˈha.sə mə.la.ju mə'lej.sjə],[baˈha.sə mə'lej.sjə] |
| Native to | Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei |
| Speakers | Native: Few (2022) L2: Spoken by the vast majority of those in Malaysia, although most learn a local Malay dialect or another native language first. |
Early forms | Old Malay
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| Latin (Rumi) Arabic (Jawi) Malaysian Braille | |
| Manually Coded Malay | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | |
| Regulated by | Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Malaysian Institute of Language and Literature) Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei (Brunei Language and Literature Bureau) Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura (Singapore Malay Language Council) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zsm |
| Glottolog | stan1306 |
| Linguasphere | 33-AFA-ab |
Countries where Malaysian Malay is spoken:
Malaysia
Singapore and Brunei, where Standard Malay is an official language | |
Malaysian Malay (Malay: Bahasa Melayu Malaysia) or Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) – endonymically known as Standard Malay (Bahasa Melayu piawai) or simply Malay (Bahasa Melayu, abbreviated to BM) – is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Singapore and Brunei (as opposed to the variety used in Indonesia, which is referred to as the "Indonesian" language). Malaysian Malay is standardized from the Johor–Riau dialect of Malay, particularly a branch spoken in the state of Johor south of the Malay Peninsula. It is spoken by much of the Malaysian population, although most learn a vernacular Malay dialect or another native language first.