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 Kinyarwanda Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Kinyarwanda is the official language of Rwanda. It is a popular dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken by native speakers. This language is also spoken in the Republic of the Congo and many other parts of Southern Uganda. You will be surprised to know that its writing system is Latin. There are around seven dialects of Kinyarwanda that include Bufumbwa; Bwisha; Hutu; Igikiga; Mulenge; Rufumbir and Rutwa. The native speakers of this language are 9.8 million. Kinyarwanda is from the Bantu and Niger-Congo language family. This language is closely related to Kirundi while the spelling system is Roman Catholic. The basic vowels and consonants are few while the sound of this language is very unique. You can easily distinguish by the tone that is high and low.
