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Dutch vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Malaysia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Hai  

Thank You
dankjewel  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Selamat pagi  

Please
alsjeblieft  
sila  

Sorry
sorry  
maaf  

Bye
vaarwel  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Nederlands  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
malais  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
48  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
may  

ISO 639 3
nld  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
nld  
may  

Glottocode
mode1257  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Dutch and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Malaysian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Malaysian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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