What is the national language and national language in Malaysia? What is the historical origin of the country?

Malays. Bahasa Merayu. Full name Malaysia (formerly Malaya), referred to as Malaysia. The Federation of Malaysia is divided into two parts by the South China Sea. Located in West Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula, it is connected to Thailand in the north and the Johor Strait in the south, and is connected to Singapore through the new soft embankment and the second passage. East Malaysia is located in the north of Borneo (kalimantan island), bordering Kalimantan in the south, and Brunei is sandwiched between Sabah and Sarawak.

Bahasa Melayu belongs to the Austronesian Malay-Porini West Asian language family, which is mainly used in Malaysia and its neighboring countries, such as Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines and parts of Sumatra. Before 1945, Malay was also used in many places outside Sumatra, Indonesia. However, when Indonesia declared its independence from the Netherlands, the Malay language used in the country was called Bahasa Indonesia. In addition, Malay is also a widely used working language in East Timor.

In Malaysia, about 6.5438+0.3 million people speak Malay as their mother tongue, accounting for 52% of the national population. In addition, there are 6.5438+million people in Malaysia who use Malay as a second language. As for other countries, Sumatra in Indonesia also has a Malay-speaking population of 6.5438+million, Thailand has 6.5438+million and Singapore has about 400,000 people.