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Malaysian vs Dutch


Dutch vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
6  
9

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

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Hallo  

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  

Please
sila  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
maaf  
sorry  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Musi  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
6.00 million  
25

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  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
54  
39
48  
35

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
dut  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Malaysian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Dutch language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Dutch Language History.

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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.

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