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Swedish vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Sweden  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Finland  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Hai  

Thank You
tacka dig  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Selamat pagi  

Please
vänligen  
sila  

Sorry
ledsen  
maaf  

Bye
hej då  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Musi  

Where They Speak
France  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
24  
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Svenska  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Not Available  

French Name
suédois  
malais  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
13th Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
89  
99+
54  
39

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
may  

ISO 639 3
swe  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
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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Swedish and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Malaysian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Malaysian Language History.

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

Swedish vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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