Malay Number to Words in JavaScript (ms-MY, ms-SG)

Use ms-MY or ms-SG when your application needs Malay number words for Malaysian or Singaporean invoicing, checkout flows, or legal documents.

Locale codes: ms-MY, ms-SG · Numbering system: Short scale · Currency: Ringgit / Sen (ms-MY), Dolar / Sen (ms-SG) · Script: Latin

Install

bash

npm install to-words

import { ToWords } from 'to-words';

const tw = new ToWords({ localeCode: 'ms-MY' });

tw.convert(100);
tw.convert(1000);
tw.convert(1000000);

tw.convert(1234.56, { currency: true });
tw.convert('500.00', { currency: true, includeZeroFractional: true });

const twSG = new ToWords({ localeCode: 'ms-SG' });
twSG.convert(1234.56, { currency: true });
// Uses Singapore Dollar (S$)

tw.toOrdinal(1);
tw.toOrdinal(10);
tw.toOrdinal(100);

Locale code	Country	Currency	Notes
`ms-MY`	Malaysia	Ringgit / Sen	Standard Malaysian Malay wording
`ms-SG`	Singapore	Dolar / Sen	Singapore Malay with SGD currency

Q: Which locale code should I use for Malaysian Malay number-to-words output? Use ms-MY for Malaysia. Use ms-SG for Singapore.

Q: Does to-words support Malay ordinal words? Yes. Both ms-MY and ms-SG include ordinal mappings.