Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
West Java
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hai
  
Halo
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
sila
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Banten
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bogor
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
malais
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
5th century AD
  
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,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
sund1251
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Sundanese language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Sundanese Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.