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Catalan vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Spain  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Hai  

Thank You
Gràcies  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Sisplau  
sila  

Sorry
Perdó!  
maaf  

Bye
Adéu  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
català  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Not Available  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
malais  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
Not Available  
54  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
may  

ISO 639 3
cat  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Catalan and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Malaysian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Malaysian Language History.

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Catalan 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 Catalan and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Malaysian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Catalan vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Catalan vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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