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Malaysian vs 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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English and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of English vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Malaysian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 English and Malaysian Language History.

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

English vs Malaysian Difficulty

The English vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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