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Italian vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Hai   

Thank You
grazie   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Per Favore   
sila   

Sorry
scusate   
maaf   

Bye
arrivederci   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Indonesia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Italiano   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Not Available   

French Name
italien   
malais   

German Name
Italienisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
960 BC   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Italian   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
27   
23
54   
39

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
may   

ISO 639 3
ita   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Italian and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Malaysian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Malaysian Language History.

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

Italian vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Italian vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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