How well do the people of Malaysia speak English?
Salamat Datang! You will see this everywhere – it means Welcome! We went to Malaysia on holiday last year and had no trouble at all. We spent our time in KL and then visited Terengannu on the other side of the peninsular, so we were in towns and not in the countryside. English is very widely spoken all over the country, everyone there learns English as a second language. Notices in shops and adverts on the streets will be written in Malay and English and often in Chinese as well, because they have a large Chinese ethnic population too. Shops, restaurants, taxis, on the streets; we found that we had no trouble at all. There were many tiny roadside shops or stalls, but only once, when choosing a T-shirt by the side of the road, did we find that the elderly owner could not speak English, but it was not a problem anyway. I always like to learn some of the language when visiting a new country, but I did not bother to do that this time to go to Malaysia and did not regret it either. So unles
I have a few malaysian friends and they told me that English is widely spoken because of education and because they were part of the British Colony but Malay is the official language obviously- but most of them know English since they learn it at school with another language (mandarin or Tamil) So don’t worry just have fun -_- XD As for the malay – i know some basic phrases – but the thing is an Indonesian person taught me them – so it is Indonesian but he said most of the words are similar as malaysian is rooted in Indonesian language; Apa kabar – whats up Apa – what tidak ada es krim – there was no icecream saya tidak senang – I am unhappy (saya = I / un=tidak / happy=senang) terimakasih, saya sudah kenyang – thanks but I have enough bukan kue coklat yang sama – not the same chocolate cake saya suka coklat kue – I like chocolate cake -_- I know..
