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Malaysian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Malaysia   
Sweden   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
terima kasih   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
god morgon   

Please
sila   
vänligen   

Sorry
maaf   
ledsen   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
hej då   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Musi   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
France   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
malais   
suédois   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
13th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
54   
39
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
swe   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Malaysian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Swedish language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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