How well is english spoken in kuala lumpur malaysia?

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Michael F

Not so well as many Malaysians like to think.
Generally, those of Indian ethnicity speak BY FAR the best standard of English amongst Malaysians.

wkc

Most Malaysians speak English. There are two types, one is the Standard Malaysia English (ME) and the other one is Manglish with heavy local slangs, just like Singapore's Singlish. It is common that most people in Kuala Lumpur juggle with 2 to 3 languages daily.

edifier

Put it this way- English tourists have absolutely no problem communicating here.

herman loves SKCB

Malaysian is using Malayian English and Manglish, with almost all words ending with "lah".
"Yes laa!"
"No lah"

wkc: only some is right.

But other than that, we understand English very well. Tourists never had any problem in communicating English with the locals. It's among the country chosen by tourist to traveled without any language barrier.

Edit:
Agreed with Neilisa and edifier. I do not converse using Brits English, because its sounds too "imperious". No offense please. Just a thought.

AQUALUNG

Ranges from poor to passable to polished; depends who's doing the talking.

kathy w

absolutely..

Naruto

English is widely spoken in KL and good standard too.

Living a life

Much better than americans. British English is spoken here.

Shah

Well enough.

NEILISA

very well.. I'm Malaysian

EDIT: agree with the answerer below me.. British english well spoken here.. but don't freak out as some of the people speak english with Malay accent.. but that's not me as I'm from Sabah

s7evens

very-very well..

Bo.$$

don't worry, you can understand them and they can understand you.

laughed and lived

very well...widely used there...

ViRg()

I'd say very well compared to our fellow Asian counterparts, lol=P
The fluency rate in this country is pretty high. So expatriates generally have nothing to worry 'bout.
Malaysians speak the Queen's English (UK) btw, although the younger generation tend to practise the American English more due to popular culture.

chai22

Very well.

::BlackBerryLicious::

Yep, it is widely spoken in Malaysia and fyi, it is also the second national language of Malaysia.

Misyie Aisu

well enough
don't worry

DareDevil MAX

Very very well.

Ellan M

5% speaks good English.
10% speaks reasonably good English
35% speaks rather poor English
50% speaks little English or doesnt speaks English at all

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