Bahasa Malaysia

マレーシアから「マレーシア語」復活のニュースである．

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- The Cabinet's decision in reverting to the term Bahasa Malaysia for the national language from Bahasa Melayu is meant to avoid polemics and to reflect that the language belongs to all races, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
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The term Bahasa Malaysia for the national language was introduced by Malaysia's first prime minister, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman after the country's independence in 1957 to inculcate a Malaysian identity. The term was changed to Bahasa Melayu in 1986.