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Malaysian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
3  
12

National Language
Spain  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Hai  

Thank You
Gracias  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Por Favor  
sila  

Sorry
triste  
maaf  

Bye
adiós  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Español  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Not Available  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
malais  

German Name
Spanisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
2  
2
54  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
may  

ISO 639 3
spa  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Spanish and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Malaysian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Malaysian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Spanish vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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