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Malaysian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Hai  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
sila  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
maaf  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Wu  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Yue  
Musi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
chinois  
malais  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
1  
1
54  
39

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
may  

ISO 639 3
zho  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Chinese and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Malaysian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Malaysian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Chinese vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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