The Malay Language

• Malay is an Austronesian language spoken by about 40 million people, mainly in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei.
• It has many dialects, with the standard form being Bahasa Malaysia in Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia in Indonesia.
• Malay is the official language of several Southeast Asian countries and is written in both Latin and Arabic scripts.

About Singapore

Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a global financial center with a tropical climate and multicultural population. Its colonial core centers on the Padang, a cricket field since the 1830s and now flanked by grand buildings such as City Hall, with its 18 Corinthian columns. In Singapore's circa-1820 Chinatown stands the red-and-gold Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, said to house one of Buddha's teeth.

Stamford Raffles founded colonial Singapore in 1819 as a trading post of the East India Company; after its collapse and the eventual establishment of the British Raj, the islands were ceded to Britain and became part of its Straits Settlements in 1826. During the Second World War, Singapore was occupied by Japan. It gained independence from the UK in 1963 by federating with other former British territories to form Malaysia, but separated two years later over ideological differences, becoming a sovereign nation in 1965.

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