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Malaysian vs Hindi


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Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Malaysia  
India  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
24  
14
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
sila  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
maaf  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Musi  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
malais  
hindi  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
54  
39
5  
5

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
hin  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
stan1306  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Malaysian and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Hindi language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Hindi Difficulty

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

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