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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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