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	Malay (or Bahasa Melayu) is the official language of Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. Together with Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian form of Malay), the language is spoken by around 200 million people, making it world's 8 th most widely spoken language. The forms of Malay vary slightly in different countries; but is exactly the same in Malaysia and Singapore. The vocabulary of the language is enriched by influence from Sanskrit (ancient Hindi), Arabic and since 19th century, English. You may experience some difficulities playing the audio from university public computers. Users of RESNET and other internet providers should be able to play the audio files without problems.

	Welcome	Selamat Datang	[se-la-mat] [da-tang]
	Good morning	Selamat Pagi	[se-la-mat] [pa-gee]
	Good afternoon	Selamat Tengahari	[se-la-mat] [te-ngah-ha-ree]
	Good night	Selamat Malam	[se-la-mat] [ma-lam]
	Goodbye	Selamat Tinggal	[se-la-mat] [ting-gal]
	So long	Jumpa lagi	[jum-pa] [la-gee]

	Thank you	Terima kasih	[te-ree-ma] [ka-seh]
	You're welcome	Sama sama	[sa-ma] [sa-ma]
	Sorry	Minta maaf	[min-ta] [ma-af]

	How are you?	Apa khabar?	[a-pa] [ha-bar]
	I'm fine	Khabar baik	[ha-bar] [ba -"ache"]

Click here for guide to Malay pronounciation

Click here for guide to Malay pronounciation

	The word "saya" in the sentences above can easily be changed
	to other pronouns below without changing its grammatical form

I	You (informal)	You (formal)	Him/her	We	Them
Saya	Awak	Anda	Dia	Kami	Mereka
[sa-ya]	[a-wak]	[an-da]	[dee-ya]	[ka-mee]	[me-ray-ka]


	1	2	3	4	5
	Satu	Dua	Tiga	Empat	Lima


	6	7	8	9	10
	Enam	Tujuh	Lapan	Sembilan	Sepuluh


	for numbers 11 to 19, just add "belas" at the end
		e.g. 17 is tujuh belas [i.e. 7 + belas]
		with the exception of 11, which is sebelas

	for numbers 20 to 99, just add "puluh" at the end
		e.g. 30 is tiga puluh [i.e. 3 + puluh]
		e.g. 87 is lapan puluh tujuh [i.e. 8 + puluh + 7]

Click here for guide to Malay pronounciation