Bahasa MalaysiaThe national
language of Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia or Malay. Spoken by
10,000,000 in Malaysia including second language speakers; 12,000 in Hong Kong;
6,253 in USA; 10,000,000 in Indonesia; 396,000 in Singapore; 21,000 in Myanmar;
4,200 in United Arab Emirates; 17,600,000 or more in all countries first
language speakers. Over 80% cognate with Indonesian. 'Bazaar Malay' is
used to refer to many regional non-standard dialects. Roman and Arabic (Jawi)
scripts.
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