Malay Language
- Linguistic Classification Malay is an Austronesian language, forming part of the Malayo-Polynesian branch.  
- Number of Speakers Approximately 33 million people speak Malay natively, with an estimated 220 million using it as a second language.  
- Official Status Malay is the official language of Malaysia (where it is referred to as Bahasa Malaysia), Brunei, and Singapore.  
- Writing Systems Malay is written using two scripts: