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Urdu vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Pakistan   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Thailand   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
40   
29
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Hai   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Selamat pagi   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
sila   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
maaf   

Bye
الوداع   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
India   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Musi   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
اُردُو   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Not Available   

French Name
ourdou   
malais   

German Name
Urdu   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
20   
18
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
may   

ISO 639 3
urd   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Urdu and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Malaysian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Malaysian Language History.

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

Urdu vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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