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
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
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
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
1,200.00 million
  
1
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.