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Malaysian and English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
30,000.00   
40

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

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
3   
3
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All English 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 English and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of English and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Malaysian Speaking population

English and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Malaysian on English vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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