Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Malaysia
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Hai
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
terima kasih
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
sila
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
maaf
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
South Korea
Dialect 2
Pekal
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Korea
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
malais
coréen
German Name
Malaiisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Koreans
Origin
c. 683 AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Malaysian and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Korean language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Korean Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.