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Malaysian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Germany   
Malaysia   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hai   

Thank You
Danke   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Selamat pagi   

Please
bitte   
sila   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
maaf   

Bye
Tschüs   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Deutsch   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Not Available   

French Name
allemand   
malais   

German Name
Deutsch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
9   
9
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
may   

ISO 639 3
deu   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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German and Malaysian Speaking population

German and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Malaysian on German vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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