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In Malaysia, the terms "Indonesian Malay" and "Malaysian Malay" are sometimes used for Indonesian and Malay as spoken in Malaysia. In Indonesia, "Indonesian Malay" usually refers to the vernacular varieties of Malay spoken by the Malay peoples of Indonesia, that is, to Malay as a regional language in Sumatra, though it is rarely used. [21]
The national languages Indonesian and Malaysian Malay are closely related and largely mutually intelligible. Both nations are Muslim-majority countries, founding members of ASEAN and APEC, and also members of the Non-Aligned Movement, Developing 8 Countries, United Nations, and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
The community played an important role in the history of Islam in South Africa, and its culinary culture is an integral part of South African cuisine. Malays helped to develop Afrikaans as a written language, initially using an Arabic script. "Malay" was legally a subcategory of the Coloured racial group during the apartheid era.
Malay: Indonesian (the standard regulated by Indonesia), [53] Brunei [54] and Malaysian (the standard used in Malaysia and Singapore). Both varieties are based on the same material basis and hence are generally mutually intelligible , despite the numerous lexical differences. [ 55 ]
Bangka Malay is closely related to other Malay dialects like Palembang Malay and Belitung Malay spoken on nearby islands, but closer to Loncong Malay spoken by nomadic sea gypsies from Belitung. However, Bangka Malay has its own distinct features in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation that set it apart from standard Indonesian and other ...
Indonesian is considered the 11th most commonly spoken language by Ethnologue, as of 2022. Indonesian is also prominent on the internet, with one estimate ranking it sixth by number of Internet users. [46] As a standardised register of Malay, Indonesian is also mutually intelligible with the Malay spoken in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.
I suggest the title should be changed to "Differences between Malaysian Malay and Indonesian Malay" to render it more according the NPOV principle. Otherwise one would get the impression if as if there is a standard variant and a non standard variant of Malay. Meursault2004 10:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Kelantanese Malay has its own regional dialects but still mutually intelligible to one another, it is also spoken natively in Besut and Setiu (Terengganu) and similar varieties can be found in neighbouring Perak and Kedah but the latter two are considered variants of Pattani dialects instead of Kelantanese.