Malaysian Malay

standard Malay dialect spoken in Malaysia
Language dialect Q15065
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Malaysian Malay

Summary

Malaysian Malay is a dialect[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malaysian Malay is in the country of Malaysia[3].
  • Malaysian Malay's instance of is recorded as dialect[4].
  • Malaysian Malay's instance of is recorded as national language[5].
  • Malaysian Malay's subclass of is recorded as Standard Malay[6].
  • Malaysian Malay's subclass of is recorded as Riau Malay[7].
  • Malaysian Malay's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Malaysian Malay's writing system is recorded as Jawi[9].
  • Malaysian Malay's IETF language tag is recorded as ms-MY[10].
  • Malaysian Malay's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ms-my[11].
  • Malaysian Malay's has part is recorded as Kedah-Perak-Perlis-Penang Malay[12].
  • Malaysian Malay's has part is recorded as Kelantan-Pattani Malay[13].
  • Malaysian Malay's has part is recorded as Sarawak Malay[14].
  • Malaysian Malay's has part is recorded as Sabah Malay[15].
  • Malaysian Malay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 3.09, 'lon': 101.7}[16].
  • Malaysian Malay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cz8t9q[17].
  • Malaysian Malay's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300387922[18].
  • Malaysian Malay's language regulatory body is recorded as Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka[19].
  • Malaysian Malay's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+12030000'}[20].
  • Malaysian Malay's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ms', 'text': 'Bahasa Melayu Malaysia'}[21].
  • Malaysian Malay's different from is recorded as Malay[22].
  • Malaysian Malay's different from is recorded as colloquial Malay[23].
  • Malaysian Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Malaysia[24].
  • Malaysian Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Malaysian Malays[25].
  • Malaysian Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Malays[26].
  • Malaysian Malay's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malaysian Standard Malay'}[27].

Why It Matters

Malaysian Malay ranks in the top 4% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IANA language subtag registry. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Different from Malay, colloquial Malay
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    Coordinate location {'lat': 3.09, 'lon': 101.7}
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