2007-02-16 22:07:21 · 8 answers · asked by sere s 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Malaysia
Bicycle Repairman; i mean Malaysia was a british colony lol
2007-02-17 01:42:50 · update #1
Long time ago it was called Bahasa Malaysia. A few years back, Malaysian government decided to call it Bahasa Melayu. There are some reasons behind the decision but it's nothing big. Maybe they want Malaysian start speak to in english as well.
Anyway it is still the Malaysia national language.
2007-02-16 22:55:45 · answer #1 · answered by Jedi K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The government try using Bahasa Malaysia cause Bahasa Melayu has the Malay address on it and some races may sensitive to this kind of situation. (Resource from my school teachers). Since Malay is the official language of Malaysia. I think Bahasa Malaysia is the best. But it is complicated. Some may use that or that.
2016-05-23 22:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bahasa Melayu = general ( Bahasa Indonesia & Malaysia )
Bahasa Malaysia = the language that has been influenced by British
Bahasa Indonesia = influenced by Dutch
2007-02-17 20:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by lazuardi.sepi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Jedi is correct nowadays it's called Bahasa Melayu, but a lot of people still call it Bahasa Malaysia. It's pretty much the same with the currency, a lot of people still say Dollars when in fact it's Ringgits.
Edit:
Sere, lol !!
2007-02-16 23:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bahasa melayu = bahasa malaysia = bahasa kebangsaan = national language
Jedi, what's the reason ah? i don't know much about this, they suddenly call it back bahasa melayu. i think they are taking few steps backward as far as national unity/integrity is concerned
2007-02-18 12:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by ¥op 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bahasa Malaysia
The national language of Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia, or Malay. Spoken by 10,000,000 in Malaysia including second language speakers; 10,000,000 in Indonesia; 396,000 in Singapore; 'Bazaar Malay' is used to refer to many regional non-standard dialects.
2007-02-17 17:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it is no longer called Bahasa Melayu.
2007-02-17 02:08:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is now bahasa melayu, not bahasa malaysia any more just so that all the non malays know what's up... yep, national integrity cultural diversity etc... there it goes...
2007-02-18 16:52:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋