Thursday, October 18, 2012

Languages in AEC's members

The national integration of 10 countries in ASEAN including of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and Philippines. Each country has its own language as following table

Country
Official language
Minor official language
National language
Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Brunei Darussalam)
Malay
English and Chinese
Melayu Brunei (Brunei Malay)
Kingdom of Cambodia
Khmer
English, French, Vietnamese, Thai, and Chinese
Khmer
Republic of Indonesia
Indonesian

There are 742 different languages and dialects. Indonesian (form of Malay which is based on the prestige dialect of Malay)  is national language
The Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)
Laos
French and English
Laos
Malaysia
Bahasa Malaysia
English and Chinese
Malay
Myanmar (Burma)
Burmese
-
Burmese
Philippines (Filipino)
Filipino and English
Spanish, Hokkien Chinese, and Teochew Chinese
Tagalog
Republic of Singapore
Malay
Mandarin Chinese
Singapore encourages people to speak two languages, English and Mandarin Chinese, for business and daily life. 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Vietnamese
-
Vietnamese
Kingdom of Thailand
Thai
Laos, Northern Thai, and Southern Thai
Thai

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