Language code: ms
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ms
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The table below provides technical details for the Malay language, designated by the ms code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Malay Native Bahasa Melayu |
| Family | Austronesian |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Plural rules | |
| Language varieties | Standard MalayKedah–Perlis MalayKelantan–Pattani MalayTerengganu MalayPahang MalayPerak MalayNegeri Sembilan MalaySarawak MalayBrunei Malay |
| Related languages | IndonesianMinangkabauBanjarIbanCham |
| Key facts | Written in both Latin (Rumi) and Arabic-derived Jawi scriptsHas no grammatical gender and verbs do not conjugate for person or numberContains significant loanwords from Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch and EnglishThe oldest known Malay inscription dates to the 7th-century Kedukan Bukit stoneExtensively uses reduplication to form plurals, intensifiers and new words. |
| Sample phrase | Hai, apa khabar? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Malay belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is an official language in Brunei and Malaysia, and one of the official languages in Singapore. Malay is primarily written using the Latin script, known as the Malay alphabet or Rumi. Additionally, the Arabic script (Jawi) is also used, particularly in religious contexts in Malaysia and Brunei. It is estimated that there are more than 26 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Malay speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
ms-BN – Malay (Brunei Darussalam)
ms-MY – Malay (Malaysia)
ms-SG – Malay (Singapore)
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- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
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- Project branching
- Professional translation services
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- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ