Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Malaysia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Indonesia
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
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Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
terima kasih
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
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French Name
malais
chinois
German Name
Malaiisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
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Ethnicity
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Han
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1306
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Malaysian and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Chinese Speaking population
Malaysian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Malaysian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Chinese Language Codes
Malaysian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.