What is Malay language?
{{Infobox language | name = Malay | nativename = {{lang|ms|Melayu}}<br />{{lang|ms-Arab|ملايو}} | state = {{Flag|Malaysia}}<br>{{Flag|Singapore}}<br>{{Flag|Brunei}}<br>{{Flag|Thailand}}<br>{{Flag|Indonesia}} | speakers = 12 million | ethnicity = [[Malay people|Malay]] | date = 2007 | ref = | familycolor = Austronesian | fam2 = [[Sundic languages|Sundic]] | fam3 = [[Nusantara languages|Nusantara]] | fam4 = [[Western Nusantara languages|Western Nusantara]] | fam5 = [[Sumatranic languages|Sumatranic]] | fam6 = [[Malayic languages|Malayic]] | standards = [[Standard Malay]] | script = * [[Latin script|Latin]] * [[Arabic script|Arabic]] ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/26/nation/22168989&sec=nation|title=Kedah MB defends use of Jawi on signboards|date=26 August 2008|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=28 August 2021|archive-date=4 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904170900/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F8%2F26%2Fnation%2F22168989&sec=nation|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Thai script|Thai]] (in Thailand) * [[Pallava script|Pallava]], [[Kawi script|Kawi]], [[Rencong script|Rencong]] (in Indonesia) | nation = {{Flag|Malaysia}}<br>{{Flag|Singapore}}<br>{{Flag|Brunei}}<br>{{Flag|ASEAN}} | minority = {{flag|Indonesia}}<br>{{flag|Thailand}} | agency = * {{flagicon|Brunei}}{{flagicon|Indonesia}}{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[MABBIM|Majlis Bahasa Brunei–Indonesia–Malaysia]] (Brunei–Indonesia–Malaysia Language Council – MABBIM) <small>(a trilateral joint-venture)</small> * {{flagicon|Brunei}} [[Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka]] (Institute of Language and Literature) * {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Balai Bahasa Provinsi Riau]] (Riau Province Linguistuc Center) and [[Kantor Bahasa Kepulauan Riau]] (Riau Islands Linguistic Center) * {{flagicon|Malaysia}}