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Malay language
Malay
(; ;
Jawi alphabet
: ) is a major language of the
Austronesian family
. It has an official status in
Brunei
,
Malaysia
,
Indonesia
and
Singapore
. It is spoken by 270 million people across the
Strait of Malacca
, including the coasts of the
Malay Peninsula
of Malaysia and the eastern coast of
Sumatra
in Indonesia, and has been established as a native language of part of western coastal
Sarawak
and
West Kalimantan
in
Borneo
.
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