Malayic | |
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Geographic distribution | Maritime Southeast Asia |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Proto-language | Proto-Malayic |
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Language codes | |
Glottolog | mala1538 |
Historical distribution of the Malayic languages in Maritime Southeast Asia (including Malay-based creoles):
The Ibanic and Western Malayic Dayak (Kanayatn/Kendayan-Salako) subgroups, also known collectively as "Malayic Dayak".
Other Malayic varieties; genetic relationships between them are still unclear (most often left unclassified). |
The Malayic languages (Malay: bahasa-bahasa Melayu, Indonesian: rumpun bahasa Melayik) are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family.[1] The two most prominent members of this branch are Indonesian and Malay. Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and has evolved as a standardized form of Malay with distinct influences from local languages and historical factors.[2][3] Malay, in its various forms, is recognized as a national language in Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore.[4] The Malayic branch also includes local languages spoken by ethnic Malays (e.g. Jambi Malay, Kedah Malay), further several languages spoken by various other ethnic groups of Sumatra, Indonesia (e.g. Minangkabau) and Borneo (e.g. Banjarese, Iban) even as far as Urak Lawoi in the southwestern coast of Thailand.
The most probable candidate for the urheimat of the Malayic languages is western Borneo prior to spread in Sumatra.[5]
Singapore has maintained the name Malay or bahasa Melayu...