About Chinese (Traditional) Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Chinese traditional is spoken by the ethnic Han Chinese majority. This language is spoken by 16% of the world’s population. About 1.3 billion people speak Chinese traditional. Some people consider both Chinese simplified and traditional as two different languages. There is a variety of Chinese languages that is investigated historically. Currently, there are around 13 main regional groups from middle Chinese who speak Mandarin. It is followed by Min that is spoken by 75 million people Shanghainese while Yue is spoken by 68 million Cantonese. The traditional script of Chinese is written in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. The Chinese language consists of tens of thousands of characters. Traditional Chinese is a little more complex as compared to simplified. Some characteristics of simplified are merged with traditional to form the number of characters.
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.
