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Danish vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Hai  

Thank You
Mange tak  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
God nat  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
God aften  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Please  
sila  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
maaf  

Bye
Farvel  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
24  
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
dansk  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Not Available  

French Name
danois  
malais  

German Name
Dänisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
Not Available  
54  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
may  

ISO 639 3
dan  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Danish and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Malaysian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD 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 Danish and Malaysian Language History.

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

Danish vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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