Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
hola
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
sila
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
maaf
  
triste
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
malais
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic