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: