Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Hola
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Bon dia
  
Please
sila
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
malais
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
c. 1028
  
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 Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian and Catalan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malaysian and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Catalan language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Catalan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malaysian and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.