Malay language

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Acehnese_language
gptkb:Banjarese_language
gptkb:Indonesian_language
gptkb:Minangkabau_language
Javanese language (distantly)
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Old_Malay
gptkb:Proto-Malayic
gptkbp:form gptkb:Indonesian
gptkb:Brunei_Malay
gptkb:Singaporean_Malay
gptkb:Malaysian_Malay
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Kelantanese_Malay
gptkb:Terengganu_Malay
gptkb:Minangkabau
gptkb:Baba_Malay
gptkb:Banjarese
gptkb:Jambi_Malay
gptkb:Pattani_Malay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Malay language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code ms
gptkbp:ISO639-3 msa
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:Hikayat_Abdullah
gptkb:Pantun_(traditional_poetry)
gptkb:Hikayat_Hang_Tuah
Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals)
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 30 million
over 290 million (including Indonesian and Malay variants)
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Brunei
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Singapore
Indonesia (as Indonesian language)
gptkbp:recordedAt 7th century (Srivijaya inscriptions)
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Language_Development_and_Fostering_Agency_(Indonesia)
gptkb:Dewan_Bahasa_dan_Pustaka_(Malaysia)
gptkb:Majlis_Bahasa_Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Thailand_(southern)
gptkb:Brunei
gptkb:East_Timor
gptkb:Indonesia
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:Christmas_Island
gptkb:Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Malayo-Polynesian_languages
gptkbp:supportsLanguage ms
id (for Indonesian)
zsm
gptkbp:usedAsLinguaFranca gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Jawi_script
Pallava script (historically)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Bahasa_Indonesia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4