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Malayic
Branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language subfamily
Also known as Malayic languages
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4 identifiers linking Malayic across the web's reference databases
Branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language subfamily
Also known as Malayic languages
4 identifiers linking Malayic across the web's reference databases
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The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric language given national status in Brunei and Singapore while also providing the basis for national standards Malaysian in Malaysia and Indonesian in Indonesia. The Malayic branch also includes local languages spoken by ethnic Malays, further several languages spoken by various other ethnic groups of Sumatra, Indonesia and Borneo even as far as Urak Lawoi in the southwestern coast of Thailand.