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Sanskrit vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
India   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.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
20 weeks   
5
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Hai   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
Selamat pagi   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
sila   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
maaf   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Not present   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Not present   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
24   
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
sanskrit   
malais   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
may   

ISO 639 3
san   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Sanskrit and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Malaysian language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and Malaysian Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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