Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Malaysia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Indonesia
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Thailand
South Africa
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Tamil Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
terima kasih
Thank you
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
How are you?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Good Night
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Good Morning
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
I love you
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
American English
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
United States of America
Dialect 2
Pekal
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Musi
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Indonesia
United Kingdom
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
English
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
malais
anglais
German Name
Malaiisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Not Available
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Origin
c. 683 AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard English
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
stan1306
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Malaysian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and English language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs English Difficulty
The Malaysian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.