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 Kazakh Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Kazakh is also known as Qazaq. It is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch and is spoken in Central Asia. The language is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz, and Karakalpak. It is the official language of Kazakhstan and is a minority language in Xinjiang. Kazakh is also spoken in China and the Bayan-Ölgii Province of Mongolia. It is also spoken by ethnic Kazakhs in the former Soviet Union. The language is also spoken in Germany and Turkey. Just like many Turkic languages, Kazakh employs vowel harmony. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev changed the writing system of the language. The Cyrillic to Latin script has been enforced till the year 2025. The proposed Latin alphabet was revised several times and was introduced in January 2021. The language has many Turkish alphabets, and lacks the letters C. Kazakh has four additional letters that include: Ä, Ñ, Q, and Ū.The language is scheduled to be phased in from 2023 to 2031.
