Austronesian · ISO 639-3 bvu
Bukit Malay Language
Bukit Malay is an Austronesian language spoken by about 4.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Bukit Malay is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Bukit Malay
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Malayo-Chamic
- Malayic
- Nuclear Malayic
- East Borneo Malay
- Banjar-Berau-Brunei Malay
- Banjar-Bukit Malay
- Bukit Malay
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Bukit Malay language
Bukit Malay is spoken by about 4.1 million people, which makes it the 205th most spoken language in the world — just behind Gheg Albanian (4.1 million) and ahead of Kamba (Kenya) (4.1 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Banjar-Bukit Malay group within the Malayo-Chamic branch.
Where is Bukit Malay spoken?
Bukit Malay is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Indonesia (4.1 million).
Bukit Malay is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Bukit Malay is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Banjar, Sabah Malay, Indonesian, Minangkabau, Betawi, Pattani Malay and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 bvu.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.