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The indigenous languages of Malaysia belong to the Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian families. The national, or official, language is Malay which is the mother tongue of the majority Malay ethnic group. The main ethnic groups within Malaysia are the Malays, Chinese and Tamils, with many other ethnic groups represented in smaller numbers, each ...
Malay is the national language in Malaysia by Article 152 of the Constitution of Malaysia, and became the sole official language in West Malaysia in 1968, and in East Malaysia gradually from 1974. English continues, however, to be widely used in professional and commercial fields and in the superior courts. Other minority languages are also ...
Malaysia: 133 11 144 2.03 22,242,065 205,945 3,400 ... List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language;
Berges Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2023. Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, and it is an official language, either de facto (in practice) or de jure (by law) in 20 countries. Spanish is also an official language in Puerto Rico, Gibraltar, the United Nations, the African Union, and the Organization of American States.
Malay. Malay Linguasphere. Indonesia. Malaysia. Singapore and Brunei, where Standard Malay is an official language. East Timor, where Indonesian is a working language. Southern Thailand and the Cocos Isl., where other varieties of Malay are spoken.
In Malaysia. Article 152 of the Malaysian Constitution mentions the Malay language as the national language while the National Language Act 1963/67 strengthens the status of the Malay language as the official language. The use of the term Bahasa Malaysia was also official in the publication of books and government agencies before the 20th era.
The official and national language of Malaysia is Malaysian Malay, [19] a standardised form of the Malay language. [261] The previous official terminology was Bahasa Malaysia (lit. ' Malaysian language ') [262] [263] [264] but now government policy uses "Bahasa Melayu" (Malay language) to refer to the official language [265] and both terms ...
Malaysia (de facto official language with Malay; still serves as official and national language with Malay in Sabah and Sarawak) [36] Malta (with Maltese)