Malay speaking countries

Malay is the official language in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore and is spoken in 1 more countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. The Malay language (native name: Bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو‎) has its roots in the Austronesian language family.

With a share of around 58%, it is most widespread in Malaysia. A total of about 54.8 million people worldwide speak Malay as their mother tongue.