Home to 2 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 2 language families.
also: Malaysian Malay, Bahasa Melayu
The Malay standard of Malaysia. Shares core grammar with Indonesian but differs in vocabulary, with stronger English borrowings and distinct spelling conventions.
also: Hokkien, Taiwanese
The largest Min Chinese variety, spoken in Fujian and Taiwan and across the Hokkien-speaking diaspora of Southeast Asia. The basis of Taiwanese Hokkien and a major contributor to Singaporean Hokkien.