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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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