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   Note: This section last updated 12th December 2020

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 12th May 2021

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38 languages are spoken on Peninsula Malaysia, a further 54 are spoken in Sabah and 45 in Sarawak. The official language, Bahasa or Malay, is spoken by about 47% of the population. There are large numbers of Chinese -, English - and Tamil -speakers.

This is written Untuk perhatian in Malay.

Chinese Malays write their names in the Chinese order, that is

   family name+given name+generational name

The generational name is one shared by siblings and sometimes first cousins in the paternal line, though it is not always used.

Muslims use Islamic naming conventions. Often they do not have surnames. Bin indicates “son of”, and binti “daughter of”. If Ahmad bin Yusef (“Ahmad, son of Yusef”) has a daughter, her full name might be Norhaini binti Ahmad (“Norhaini, daughter of Ahmad”). If she married Zakaria bin Kassim, her son’s name might be Muhamed bin Zakaria (“Muhamed, son of Zakaria”) and so on.

When a person has two given names, the second one is the one usually used.

The word Haji is added before the name of a man who has been on the pilgrimage to Mecca. His form of address then becomes Tuan rather than Encik. Tuan is used for older and more respected males. The female equivalent is Puan.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

The following company type may be found:

   Sdn Bhd – Sendirian Berhad – limited liability company
   Bhd - Berhad - stock corporation

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 16th August 2020

Addresses for street address deliveries in Malaysia are formatted:

   Recipient’s name
   {House number{[ ]Lot number{[ ]Floor[ ]}}}Building name
   Street name[ ]District
   postal code[ ]Postal town
   State

or

   Recipient’s name 
   {House number{[ ]Lot number{[ ]Floor[ ]}}} Street name 
   District 
   postal code[ ]Postal town 
   State

for example:

Addresses for deliveries to post office boxes take this format:

   Recipient’s name
   {Company name}
   [Peti Surat ]post office box number[, ]District[ ]postal code[ ]Postal town

or

   Recipient’s name 
   {Company name} 
   [Peti Surat ]post office box number 
   postal code[ ]Postal town 

for example:

For locked bag deliveries the format is:

   Recipient’s name
   {Company name}
   [Locked bag ]locked bag number[,]
   postal code[ ]Place name
   State

for example:

Locked bag is Beg berkunci in Malay.

Batu followed by a number is an address block indicates a milestone number.

Addresses written in a non-native language will usually be written in English. Jalan is the Bahasan word for ‘Street’ or ‘Road’.

Certain abbreviations may be used in Malaysian addresses. These, together with other strings commonly found in addresses, are:

String	Abbreviation	Meaning
Bagian	BHG	division, section, zone
Bangunan		building
Bukit	BKT	hill
Cangkat		hillock
Jabatan	JAB	department
Jalan	JLN	road, street
Kawasan	KAW	area, zone
Kementerian	KEM
Kampung, Kampong	KG	village
Leboh, Lebuh	LBH	square
Ladang	LDG	estate, farm, plantation
Lembaga	LEM	board, governing body
Lengkok		curve, bend
Lingkungan		encirclement, enclosure
Lorong	LRG	lane, path
Menara		tower
Padang	PDG	field
Pant		ditch, drain
Persiaran	PSN
Pusat		centre
Rumah		house
Sungai	SG	river
Simpang	SPG	junction
Tanjung	TG	cape
Teluk	TK	bay
Taman	TMN	park, garden
Wisma		house

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

   Note: This section last updated 16th August 2020

This is written Peti Surat in Malay. Post office box deliveries may be to G.P.O. Box or to Locked Bag. Locked bag is Beg berkunci in Malay.

   Note: This section last updated 24th April 2020

Known as Poskod in Malay. The postal code consists of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits specify the main delivery office, the last three the delivery area.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Malaysia - Postal code format graphic

Malaysia - Postal code format

Malaysia - Postal code specifics

Malaysia - Postal code regular expression

Malaysia - Postal code level of coverage

Malaysia - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 19th January 2017

Refer to Exonyms in Malaysia for full lists of place names in Malaysia in other languages.

Malaysia is a federal state consisting of the following 13 states (negeri-negeri, singular - negeri) and 3 federal territories (wilayah-wilayah persekutuan, singular - wilayah persekutuan) (shown in the list below with an asterisk). The names of these territories are used in addresses:

	Postal code ranges. * indicates shared codes
Johor (JHR)	14*, 79-86
Kedah (KDH)	05-09, 14*, 34
Kelantan (KTN)	15-18
Labuan * (LBN)	87
Melaka (Malacca) (MLK)	71*, 73*, 75-78
Negeri Sembilan (NSN)	70, 71*, 72, 73*
Pahang (PHG)	11, 25-28, 39*, 47*, 49, 52*, 69
Perak (PRK)	30-33, 34*, 35-36, 39*
Perlis (PLS)	01-02
Pinang (Penang) (PNG)	10, 11*, 12-13, 14*
Putrajaya * (PJY)	62
Sabah (SBH)	88-91
Sarawak (SRW)	51*, 53*, 54*, 55*, 63-64, 68
Selangor (SGR)	40-46, 47*, 48
Terengganu (TRG)	20-24
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur * (KUL)	50, 51*, 52, 53*, 54*, 55*, 56-60

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

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Malaysian fixed line numbers have a full length, when called from abroad, of 8-10 digits. Mobile numbers have area codes commencing 1 and a length of 10 digits.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm