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Malaysian vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Indonesia  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Halo  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
sila  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
maaf  
maaf  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
38,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
3,300,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Musi  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
6,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
malais  
indonésien  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Indonesian  

Language Position
54  
39
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
ind  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
ind  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Malaysian and Indonesian Language History

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

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

Malaysian vs Indonesian Difficulty

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

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