What language is spoken in Malaysia?

The official language of Malaysia is Malay, which is also the mother tongue of Malays who account for 50.4% of the population.

Malaysia is a popular tourist area in South Asia. Malaysia belongs to tropical distribution area in underground environment. Generally, if you travel to Malaysia, you will pass through Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. In Kuala Lumpur, splendid nightlife can be seen everywhere.

Malaysia is famous for its superior geographical location and rich natural and tourism resources. As we all know, its human resources, especially its language resources, are equally rich and colorful.

Malaysia is a multi-ethnic, multilingual and multicultural country, with three major ethnic groups: Malays, Chinese and Indians. There are 137 living languages. Judging from the number of speakers, there are four main languages in Malaysia: Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil.

Malay is the national language and the only official language in Malaysia, and it is also the mother tongue of the Malay ethnic group with a large population. Chinese is the main communication language for Chinese in Malaysia. Besides Mandarin, they also use dialects in southern China, such as Minnan dialect, Cantonese dialect, Hakka dialect, Hainan dialect, Fuzhou dialect and Chaozhou dialect, to communicate with family and friends in their daily lives. Indians, who account for about 7% of the total population, speak at least nine different languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam.

In addition, the aborigines of East and West Malaysia, who account for about 65,438+065,438+0% of Malaysia's total population, also speak many languages of their own, such as Tamil, Sikhkhat, Yagong and Ma Miri, Malaysia in Malaysia.

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