This article is about the language on which Standard Indonesian and Malaysian are based. the vernacular varieties and dialects of Malay ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, ᱢᱟᱞᱟᱭᱤᱠ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ ᱾
↑Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
↑Uli, Kozok (10 ᱢᱟᱨᱪ 2012). "How many people speak Indonesian". University of Hawaii at Manoa. Retrieved 20 ᱚᱠᱴᱚᱵᱚᱨ 2012. James T. Collins (Bahasa Sanskerta dan Bahasa Melayu, Jakarta: KPG 2009) gives a conservative estimate of approximately 200 million, and a maximum estimate of 250 million speakers of Malay (Collins 2009, p. 17).
↑Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Indonesian Archipelago Malay". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (help)
↑Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistic Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
↑10 million in Malaysia, 5 million in Indonesia as "Malay" plus 250 million as "Indonesian", etc.