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Malay

DEFINITIONS OF: Malay

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adj of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

“Malay peoples”
Synonyms:
Malayan

n a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

Synonyms:
Malayan
Type of:
Asian, Asiatic
a native or inhabitant of Asia

n a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

Types:
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Bahasa Kebangsaan, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu, Malaysian
the Malay language spoken in Malaysia
Bahasa, Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesian
the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia
Javanese
the Indonesian language spoken on Java
Sundanese
the Indonesian language spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands
Balinese
the Indonesian language of the people of Bali
Type of:
Western Malayo-Polynesian
a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
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