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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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