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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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