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Malaysian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Thailand  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
24  
14

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Hai  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
sila  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
maaf  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Musi  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Not Available  

French Name
coréen  
malais  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
12  
11
54  
39

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
may  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Korean and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Malaysian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean and Malaysian Language History.

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

Korean vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Korean vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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