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Arabic vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs 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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Arabic and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Malaysian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Malaysian Language History.

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Arabic and Malaysian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Malaysian language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Malaysian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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