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Languages Spoken in Malaysia

Official: Malay

Malaysia has a population of 34.6 million and is home to several distinct language communities, with 8 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Malay serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Malaysia, 4 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

34.6M
Population
8
Languages
4
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Malaysia

Malay Official
Jawi, Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
75%
CLDR
English
English Braille, English alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
21%
CLDR
Chinese
Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters
LEXIGO translation services →
17%
CLDR
Tamil
Arabic script, Koleluttu
LEXIGO translation services →
4%
CLDR
Iban
Dunging script, Latin script
3%
CLDR
Javanese
Formal Javanese Spelling, Javanese script
1%
CLDR
Negeri Sembilan Malay
1%
CLDR
Central Dusun
Latin script
0.6%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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