Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
sila
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malais
  
kurde
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kurds
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian and Kurdish Speaking population
Malaysian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Malaysian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Kurdish Language Codes
Malaysian and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.