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National language in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei.

National language in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. The two most common varieties are Malaysian (as spoken in Malaysia and Singapore) and Indonesian (as spoken in Indonesia).

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City in Peninsular Malaysia to immerse in Malay language?

I like to self-study the local language in the places I travel to. I don't do courses or attend classes. I just arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It's a very multicultural city and though most signs are in Malay most of the spoken language I hear…
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Books in Malaysian language in Kuala Lumpur

I like to buy books in every language I can when I travel so I'd like to pick up some literature in Malaysian. Yesterday I found an enormous Kinokuniya bookshop but was puzzled to find it sold books only in English, Chinese, and japanese - if they…
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Are the Asian girls in this music video Chinese or Malaysian, and are they singing in Chinese?

This video: https://youtu.be/BuAULI7PbRw?t=7 They are obviously Asian, and I seem to recognize some of the letters as being Chinese. Also, the song itself seems to be a famous/classic Chinese song which I've heard in other contexts as well. However,…
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