BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
014 / 101Malay
Bahasa MelayuAt BFSU, Malay is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
- NATIVE NAME
- Bahasa Melayu
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Latin script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Malay connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Malay is spoken across 4 countries and territories.
No. 31 of 101 languages · No. 32 by territory count
Other areas
04MalaysiaIndonesiaSingaporeBrunei
From daily conversation in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore to education, literature and media, Malay carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Malay within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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