Malaysian and Afrikaans
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
South Africa
National Language
Malaysia
South Africa
Second Language
Indonesia
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
terima kasih
Dankie
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Selamat Malam
goeie nag
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
goeie more
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Not Available
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Pekal
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Musi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cape Dutch
French Name
malais
afrikaans
German Name
Malaiisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 683 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
stan1306
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
All Malaysian and Afrikaans 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 Malaysian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Malaysian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Malaysian and Afrikaans on Malaysian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Malaysian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.