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Estonian vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Hai   

Thank You
aitäh   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Palun   
sila   

Sorry
Vabandust   
maaf   

Bye
Head aega   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Musi   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Indonesia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
24   
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
eesti keel   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Not Available   

French Name
estonien   
malais   

German Name
Estnisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
may   

ISO 639 3
est   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Estonian and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Malaysian language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Malaysian Language History.

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

Estonian vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Estonian vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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