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.
About Arabic Language
According to Wikipedia.org, The Arabic language is spoken in a large area that includes North Africa and other parts of the world. This language is also widely popular in Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East. It is the language of the Quran and Muslims can read it with translations too. Quran is the sacred book of Islam that teaches us the way of living our life. Arabic is the language of Muslims that is divided into three forms. The three popular forms include classic and modern Arabic. The native speakers of Arabic are 350 million in number. There are around 32 varieties of Arabic but even the native speakers cannot differentiate among all. This language has influenced many other languages that including Turkish, Hindi, and Urdu. Currently Arabic is the language of 1.8 billion Muslims around the world. It is written beautifully in Arabic alphabets. However, there is no standard orthography.
