Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
India
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
India
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
sila
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malais
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Malaysian and Sanskrit Speaking population
Malaysian and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit on Malaysian vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Sanskrit Language Codes
Malaysian and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.