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Malaysian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
3   
12

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Malaysia   

Second Language
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Hai   

Thank You
dankjewel   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Selamat pagi   

Please
alsjeblieft   
sila   

Sorry
sorry   
maaf   

Bye
vaarwel   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Nederlands   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
malais   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
48   
35
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
may   

ISO 639 3
nld   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Dutch and Malaysian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Malaysian Speaking population

Dutch and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and Malaysian on Dutch vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Malaysian Language Codes

Dutch and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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