| Name | Malay language |
| Ethnologue status | |
| Language family | Austronesian languages |
| Office | Dewan bahasa dan pustaka |
| IETF | |
| Alphabet | Malay orthography |
| ISO 6391 | ms |
| ISO 6392 | may (B)$#$msa (T) |
| ISO 6393 | msa – inclusive code [ISO_639_macrolanguage]$#$Individual codes:$#$zsm –Malaysian [Malaysian_language]$#$ind –Indonesian [Indonesian_language]$#$lrt –Larantuka Malay [Larantuka_Malay]?$#$kxd –Brunei [Brunei_Malay]?$#$meo –Kedah Malay [Kedah_Malay]?$#$zmi –Negeri Sembilan Malay [Negeri_Sembilan_Malay]?$#$dup –Duano [Duano_language]?$#$jak –Jakun [Jakun_language]?$#$orn –Orang Kanaq [Orang_Kanaq_language]?$#$ors –Orang Seletar [Orang_Seletar_language]?$#$tmw –Temuan [Temuan_language]? |
| Speakers (people) | 60,000,000 (2007) |
| Manuscript | |
| Micronation | |
| Publisher | |
| Former country | |
| Is a dialect | Yes |