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Catalan vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
3   
12

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Spain   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
Hai   

Thank You
Gràcies   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Bona nit   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Sisplau   
sila   

Sorry
Perdó!   
maaf   

Bye
Adéu   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
T'estimo   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Indonesia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
24   
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
català   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Not Available   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
malais   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
may   

ISO 639 3
cat   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1289   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
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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Catalan and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Malaysian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Malaysian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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