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2006-12-11 00:29:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

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There are 140 living languages, and one extinct. Official language: Malay (Bahasa Melayu). II think you will find everything you need to know in this great language database, Ethnologue (link, see Source below).

CIA World Fact book says this: Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan

2006-12-11 00:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by AskAsk 5 · 2 0

Languages Spoken In Malaysia

2017-01-04 10:20:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

The National Language is Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) but English is widely spoken, being a compulsory subject in schools and the main Primary 6, Lower Secondary and the local version of `O' Level examinations.

Other major languages used are Chinese and Tamil. The government has also been encouraging the frontliners of hotels and tourism-related business people to learn other international languages.

2006-12-11 01:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0 1

Malay
Chinese
Tamil
English

are the official language of Malayisa and MALAY is the national language of Malaysia

the same aply also for Singapore

2006-12-11 00:55:13 · answer #4 · answered by Nazir Merican 1 · 0 0

i think more than 4(malay.mandarin,tamil,english).....because sabah and sarawak have many languages than in peninsular malaysia

2006-12-11 19:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by naqibe 2 · 1 0

malay, english, mandarin, cantonese, hokkien, tamil and arab. i`m not sure but i think there`s more languages

2006-12-12 05:31:39 · answer #6 · answered by Pistachio 2 · 0 0

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