Complex sentence: Malay (Laurie Bauer, 2007, "The Linguistics Student's Handbook", Edinburgh') is a major language of the Austronesian family, with official status in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Split into simpler sentences: Malay (Laurie Bauer, 2007, "The Linguistics Student's Handbook", Edinburgh') is a major language of the Austronesian family. It has an official status in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.