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Malaysian vs Spanish


Spanish vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
46  
1

National Language
Malaysia  
Spain  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Buenos Días  

Please
sila  
Por Favor  

Sorry
maaf  
triste  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
adiós  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Musi  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Español  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
malais  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
210 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,  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
54  
39
2  
2

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
spa  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Malaysian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Spanish language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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