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 Dutch Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Dutch is a West Germanic language and is spoken by about 25 million people. It is the second language of almost 5 million people. A large number of the population of the Netherlands speak Dutch. About 60% of the population of Belgium are also Dutch speakers. It is the third most spoken Germanic language and is similar to English and German. It is the native language of the majority of the people of Suriname. It is the official language of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. Dutch is also spoken in the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean. Dutch is very much similar to German and English. It doesn’t use the Germanic umlaut as a grammatical marker and has leveled much of its morphology. The language consists of two to three grammatical genders. Dutch has an extensive vocabulary and grammar.
