Malaysia Maps and Malay Alphabet in Photos

The official language of Singapore is Malay. Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. Malay is the national language of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. It is spoken by forty million people across the Malacca Strait and along the eastern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Before getting into the the Malay language, a language I do not know a thing about, one should first be familiar with the area where it is spoken. I think that understanding the geography of an area is an important part of knowing a language. Each time I studied a language in college, I had to learn about the country as well. So here are some Maps of Areas where this major world language is spoken.

Aa	as in the word “ask”,
Bb	same as in English
Cc	like “tsh”.
Dd	same as in English.
Ee	as in “elevated”
Ff	same as in English
Gg	same as in English
Hh	as in “Hotel”
Ii	as in the word “ink” never as in the word “island”
Jj	same as in English “job”
Kk	same as in English although rare.
Ll	like “l” in “life”.
Mm	same as in English
Nn	same as in English
Oo	same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat}
Pp	same as in English
Qq	same as in English.
Rr	same as in English
Ss	same as in English
Tt	same as in English not as sharp.
Uu	as in the “ultra”, never as in the word “up” or “university”
Vv	same as in English
Ww	same as in English
Xx	as “kh”, sometimes as “ks”
Yy	same as in English.
Zz	same as in English.
dz	as “th” in “that”
kh	as “kh” in “loch”
Ua	as “ua”
Ny	as “n” in the “espanol”
Ng	as “n” in the “espanol”
Ngg	as in “nieg”
Sy	as in “sh”