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Southeast Asia > Malaysia > Language

MALAYSIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   All Stats  
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English status Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > As an additional language 7,000,000 [13th of 59]
English-speaking population > First language 380,000 [10th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 7,400,000 [16th of 0]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Si Anu, Si Polan, Si Polan Bin Si Polan, Mat & Minah
Languages
Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
Languages > Note
in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 88.7 [89th of 174]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; Wikipedia: John Doe ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

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