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Marathi vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
India  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
Hai  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
sila  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
maaf  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
23
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
12
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
32
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Not Available  

French Name
marathe  
malais  

German Name
Marathi  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
10th century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
17  
15
54  
39

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
may  

ISO 639 3
mar  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mara1378  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
omr  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Marathi and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Malaysian language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Marathi and Malaysian Language History.

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Marathi and Malaysian 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 Marathi and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Malaysian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Marathi vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Marathi vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Marathi and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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