Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.