The Malay language is pluricentric and a macrolanguage, i.e., several varieties of it are standardized as the national language ( or ) of several nation states with various official names: in Malaysia, it is designated as either ("Malaysian") or also ("Malay language"); in Singapore and Brunei, it is called ("Malay language"); in Indonesia, an autonomous normative variety called ("Indonesian language") is designated the ("unifying language" or lingua franca) whereas the term "Malay" () is domestically restricted to vernacular varieties of Malay indigenous to areas of Central to Southern Sumatra and West Kalimantan.
The Malay language is pluricentric and a macrolanguage, i.e., several varieties of it are standardized as the national language ( or ) of several nation states with v?arious official names: in Malaysia, it is designated as either ("M?alaysian") or also ("Malay language"); in Singapore and Brunei, it is called ("Malay language"); in Indonesia, an autonomous normative variety called ("Indonesian language") is designated the ("unifying language" or lingua franca) whereas the term "Malay" () is domestically restricted to vernacular varieties of Malay indigenous to areas of Central to Southern Sumatra and West Kalimantan.