They spoke a derivative of the Malay language.

他们说一种从马来语派生的语言。

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Being in a nation, which considers Malay language her national language, for more than ten years.

在一个以马来语为国语的国度生活了十多年。

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Here, I wish to highlight the need to learn the Malay language. This may seem to be a contradiction to the prevailing trend, but it is not.

我在这里强调为什么我们需要掌握马来文，看起来好像和大势所趋背道而驰，实际上并非如此。

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The official language of the state shall be the Malay language and shall be in such script as may by written law be provided.

UNESCO: Brunei Darussalam

Thus when Johan Jaaffar announced July 14 that he was stepping down as editor-in-chief of Utusan Malaysia, the country's second-largest Malay-language daily, political pundits were quick to suspect something was afoot.

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They released some 35, 000 Malay-language bibles.

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