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Malay (/məˈleɪ/; Bahasa Melayu; Jawi script: بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the national language of Brunei Malaysia and Indonesia and it is one of four official languages of Singapore.

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ISO 639-1 code
ms
ISO 639-3 code
zlm
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages, Malayic languages, Malayo-Sumbawan languages
language regulator or academy
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Majlis Bahasa Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia
spoken in
Brunei, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, East Timor

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