1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malaysia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Thailand
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
1.8 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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Indonesian Language
German and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Tamil Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Apa khabar?
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
goede Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
Selamat Petang
goedenavond
3.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Netherlands
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.004,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,100,000.001,300,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
175.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million22.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
98.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
malais
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Dutch
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology