Home
Languagevs


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   

Countries >>
<< All

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.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages