The Malaysian language (Malay: Bahasa Malaysia), or Standard Malay is the name regularly applied to the Malay language used in Malaysia. Constitutionally however, the official language of Malaysia is Malay but the government from time to time refers it as Malaysian. Malaysian is a standardised register of the Johore-Riau dialect of Malay. It is over 95% cognate with Indonesian. It has many native speakers, as it is spoken by most of the Malaysian population as a first language. (Cf.