About Azerbaijani Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Azerbaijani is the official and primary language of Azerbaijan. It is a form of Turkic language that is directly associated with modern Turkish. Even though it is the official language of Azerbaijan it is used in other countries that include South Russia (Dagestan) and Northern Iran. However, the dialects for both are different. It is not the official language in the north of Iran. Surprisingly, the number of Iranian Azerbaijan is huge in number. Even the Government of Iran has banned this language for many years now. According to the latest census, Azerbaijani is spoken by 92.5% population. English and Russian play an integral part in their education and communication. Lezgian, Talysh, Avar, Georgian, Budukh Juhuri, Khinalug, Udi, and Kryts are spoken by other minorities.
About Malay Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Malay is the official language of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It is also spoken unofficially in many parts of Thailand. You will be surprised to know that the native speakers of this language exceed 290 million. There are around 260 million people in Indonesia alone who speak Malay. Standard Malay has many different names. It is also known as Court Malay. Speakers find it easy to distinguish this language from others. Malay is written in the Latin script but Arabic script is also a huge part of it. However, this Latin script is more common among people of Malaysia and Brunei. Since the 17th century, this language is inspired by Dutch and Britain. Jawi script was also replaced by Rumi script that is now officially used for many purposes. Malay features many non-native consonants that are borrowed from English and Arabic words.
