Malay Language

Malay is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, which includes languages from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia. Malagasy, a geographic outlier spoken in Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, is also a member of this language family.

Benefits of learning Malay:

  • learning Malay can be your gateway to one of many Asian countries.
  • Easy to Learn
  • If you are an international student in Malaysia, it will be easier to explore the country and move around if you learn Malay. Since Malay is the country’s official language, it is also the language used as its medium of instruction, aside from English.

Where is it spoken: Malay is spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Singapore, parts of Thailand and southern Philippines.