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Malaysian vs Italian


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Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

National Language
Malaysia  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
ciao  

Thank You
terima kasih  
grazie  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
buongiorno  

Please
sila  
Per Favore  

Sorry
maaf  
scusate  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Musi  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Italiano  

French Name
malais  
italien  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Italians  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
960 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

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  
Italian  

Language Position
54  
39
27  
23

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
ita  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
stan1306  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Malaysian and Italian Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Italian language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Italian Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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