2006-10-17 20:23:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In sequence:
Bahasa Malaysia
English
Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese
Tamil
Almost all races knows Bahasa Malaysia/ Bahasa Melayu(Malaysia's National Language).
But it really depends on the persons race because in Malaysia there are three "primary" races
-Malay
-Chinese
-and Indian
Most of them are familiar with their mother-tongue
eg:
Chinese dialect (cantonese, mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka etc)
Indian (Tamil)
In the working enviroment, White collar workers are much more likely to speak English fluently than Blue collar workers (I might be wrong)
At school,
Languages taught in Malaysian public government schools are Bahasa Malaysia and English (British)
There are also Chinese and Tamil schools, in these school they teach their own language (Mandarin for Chinese schools and Tamil in Tamil schools) plus English and Bahasa Malaysia
2006-10-18 07:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Population: 23000000
People: 50% Malay, 33% Chinese, 9% Indian, plus indigenous tribes such as Orang Asli and Iban
Languages: Known as Bahasa Malaysia
52% Muslim, 17% Buddhist, 12% Taoist, 8% Christian, 8% Hindu, 2% tribal
The Bible has been published in the following languages spoken in Malaysia
Bideyu
Bisaya
Bonggi
Bugis
Cantonese
Chavacano
Chinese: Chihli
Chinese: Hainan
Chinese: Hakka
Dusun: Bundu
Dusun: Ranau
Iban
Javanese
Kadazan: Labuk-Kinabatangan
Kayan
Kimaragang
Lun Bawang
Malay
Malay: Baba
Malay: Low
Malayalam
Mapun
Momogun
Murut Timugon
Murut: Tagal
Penan
Sama: Balangingi
Sama: Southern
Senoi
Sinama
Taiwanese
Tausug
Telugu
Yakan
Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - in addition, in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the largest are Iban and Kadazan
As a result of the different races gathered in this country, many different languages are spoken. Bahasa Melayu (the Malay language) is the predominant language but English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Tamil and Hindi are also widely spoken.
Also peculiar to Malaysians is "Manglish" or Malaysian English - a curious combination of all the different languages spoken in Malaysia and English. One thing you must bring home from Malaysia is the knowledge of when to properly place the "lah".
2006-10-17 22:34:26 · answer #2 · answered by glosandro 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The official language is Bahasa Malaysia (= "Malaysian Language"). It is very much like the Indonesian language Bahasa Indonesia.
2006-10-18 04:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Malay, Bahasa Malay, there some english and chinese as well as local languages.
2006-10-17 20:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by Janji 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it's called Malay. They also use English.
2006-10-17 20:27:52 · answer #5 · answered by tiko 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hye..i'm from m'sia..we use Bahasa Malaysia(malay language)~it is so interesting and easy learning...
2006-10-20 13:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by raiN 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Malay, Tamil, and chinese/.
VR
2006-10-17 20:26:36 · answer #7 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
malay
2006-10-17 21:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
mostly malay and some chinese
2006-10-17 20:26:18 · answer #9 · answered by comicken 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
malay, chinese, english, tamil
2006-10-17 20:35:26 · answer #10 · answered by warasouth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋