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Malaysian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
3   
12

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Hai   

Thank You
شكرا   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Selamat pagi   

Please
من فضلك   
sila   

Sorry
آسف   
maaf   

Bye
وداعا   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
أحبك   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Not Available   

French Name
arabe   
malais   

German Name
Arabisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
512 CE   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
25   
21
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
may   

ISO 639 3
ara   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Arabic and Malaysian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Malaysian Speaking population

Arabic and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Malaysian on Arabic vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Malaysian Language Codes

Arabic and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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