Malayan languages

Malayan languages
Malayan
Geographic
distribution:
 Brunei
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Singapore
Linguistic classification: Austronesian
Subdivisions:
Para-Malay

The Malayan languages are a branch of the Malayic languages that spread from central Sumatra or possibly western Borneo. Malayic languages include "para"-Malay languages of central Sumatra such as Minangkabau, Aboriginal Malay languages such as Temuan, and the various Malay languages proper, such as Indonesian.

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