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Indonesian and Malaysian History


Malaysian and Indonesian Language History


History

Origin
7th Century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
56   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Indonesian and Malaysian

The Early forms of Indonesian and Malaysian explains the evolution of Indonesian and Malaysian languages which is under Indonesian and Malaysian history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Indonesian and Malaysian history we will understand how the Indonesian and Malaysian languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Indonesian: Old Malay.
  • Early forms of Malaysian: Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,.
  • Standard forms of Indonesian: Indonesian.
  • Standard forms of Malaysian: Pluricentric Standard Malay.
  • Signed forms of Indonesian: Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  • Signed forms of Malaysian: Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")

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Indonesian and Malaysian Language Family

In Indonesian and Malaysian history, you will get to know about Indonesian and Malaysian language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Indonesian is a part of Austronesian Family while Malaysian is a part of Austronesian Family. The subgroup and branch of Indonesian is Indonesian and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Malaysian is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Indonesian and Malaysian language on Indonesian vs Malaysian alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Indonesian vs Malaysian Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Indonesian vs Malaysian language rank. Indonesian and Malaysian history gives you Indonesian and Malaysian language rank. The Indonesian language rank is 56. And Malaysian language rank is 54. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Indonesian vs Malaysian.

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