Selamat!
say it: “seh-LAH-maht”
Malay
in its own words: Bahasa Melayu
- Speakers
- 80 million (estimate)
- Family
- Austronesian
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore
- Script
- Latin, Arabic
- Official language
- Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore
Fun fact
The words orangutan (“person of the forest”) and amok come from Malay.