The differences between Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) or Malay (Bahasa Melayu) are significantly greater than those between British English and American English. They are for the better part mutually intelligible, but with differences in spelling, pronunciation and vocabulary.
To non-native speakers of the two languages, Malay and Indonesian, may seem identical, but to native speakers, the differences are very noticeable...
