Population: 2. million people (2020) Capital

A typical sentence could have words from 4 languages

With a population as ethnically diverse as Malaysia's, it should come as no surprise that the country is a linguistic melting pot, too.

English is the lingua franca, and has its own colorful local dialect known as Manglish, which blends vocabulary and grammar from various languages.

The classic sentence "Wei macha, you want makan here or tapau?" (translation: Do you want to eat here or take out?) is often used to illustrate Malaysia's linguistic diversity, as it contains words from Tamil, English, Malay, and Chinese.

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   The children of a Malay household are strictly bound by custom to look upon their parents with respect and total obedience. Following Islamic practices, Malays would attend Friday (Jumaat) prayers at a nearby mosque around noon.
   
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    A Malay woman does not leave the house for forty days after the birth of her child. At the end of this period, a ceremony called Berchukor is conducted where the child’s head is shaved.