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Malaysian vs Filipino


Filipino vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Kumusta  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Magandang umaga  

Please
sila  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
maaf  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Paalam  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
8,200,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Musi  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Pilipino  

French Name
malais  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Filipino  

Language Position
54  
39
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
fil  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
fil  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Malaysian and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Filipino language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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Malaysian and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Filipino language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Filipino Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.

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