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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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