What are the main languages ??spoken by Southeast Asians? What languages ??are spoken in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines?

Every country in Southeast Asia basically has its own language:

1. The national language of Malaysia is Malay, with many words borrowed from Chinese, Sanskrit, Tamil, and English.

2. The national language of Indonesia is Bahasa Indonesia. It was developed on the basis of Malay and is similar to it, so it is often regarded as the same language.

Indonesian text currently also uses the Latin alphabet.

3. The official languages ??of the Philippines are Tagalog and English. Tagalog is similar to Malay and is a "cousin" language that uses Latin letters.

There are overseas Chinese in all countries in Southeast Asia. They account for 76% of the total population in Singapore and 37% of the total population in Malaysia.

Not all of them speak Cantonese vernacular. Most people in Thailand speak Teochew dialect.

Extended information

Malay is the collective name for Malay and Indonesian. It is mainly used in Malaysia and neighboring countries around Malaysia, such as Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.

Before 1945, Malay was used in Malaysia and Indonesia.

However, after Indonesia declared independence from the Netherlands that year, it began to use a special form of Malay as its official language, calling it "Bahasa Indonesia" (Indonesian). , while the Malay language of Malaysia is called "Bahasa Malaysia" (Malay). ?

Tagalog belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian language family of the Austronesian language family and is mainly spoken in the Philippines. The so-called "Filipino" (Filipino), regarded as one of the national and official languages ??of the Philippines, was developed with Tagalog as the main body.

Reference materials:?Baidu Encyclopedia-Southeast Asia