Languages

Malay

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Malay." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/malay.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Malay. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/malay

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-malay,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Malay},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/malay},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Malay is an Austronesian language native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

msa 1

Speaker Count

90,000,000 1

2020-2023 estimate, first-language speakers (perhaps 125 million including local Malay varieties; 180 million with second-language speakers).

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Austronesian

Source Wikipedia: Malay Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Malay Language

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

Malay (endonym: Bahasa Melayu) is an Austronesian language native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia.

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1. Wikipedia: Malay Language

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