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Malaysian and German


German and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Malaysia   
Germany   

Second Language
Indonesia   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
hallo   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Danke   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
guten Morgen   

Please
sila   
bitte   

Sorry
maaf   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Musi   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
malais   
allemand   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
54   
39
9   
9

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
ger   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
stan1306   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Malaysian and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and German Speaking population

Malaysian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Malaysian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and German Language Codes

Malaysian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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