Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
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
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
15.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.