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Filipino vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Philippines   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Philippines   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
Hai   

Thank You
Salamat   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Mangyaring   
sila   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
maaf   

Bye
Paalam   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

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

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Waray   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
filipino   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Not Available   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
malais   

German Name
Pilipino   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th Century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
may   

ISO 639 3
fil   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Filipino and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Malaysian language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino and Malaysian Language History.

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

Filipino vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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