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Serbian vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Hai   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
sila   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
maaf   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Not Available   

French Name
serbe   
malais   

German Name
Serbisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
11th Century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
44   
33
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
may   

ISO 639 3
srp   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Serbian and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Malaysian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Malaysian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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