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Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
33   
2

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

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
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Hello   

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   

Please
sila   
Please   

Sorry
maaf   
Sorry   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Bye   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
American English   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Musi   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
400.00 million   
1

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   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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   

Language Position
54   
39
3   
3

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
eng   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
stan1306   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Malaysian and English Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and English language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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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.

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