Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Malaysia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Indonesia
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Thailand
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
terima kasih
dankjewel
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
goedemorgen
Bye
Selamat tinggal
vaarwel
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
pardon
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Gronings
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Pekal
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Musi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
malais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Malaiisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
Origin
c. 683 AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Malaysian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Dutch language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.