Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
Please
  
sila
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
maaf
  
Bye
Bye
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
English
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
anglais
  
malais
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative