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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malaysia

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Thailand

Regulated By

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Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Indonesian Language

Derived From

Latin
Tamil Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2124
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Hai

Thank You

Thank you
terima kasih

How Are You?

How are you?
Apa khabar?

Good Night

Good Night
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

Good Evening
Selamat Petang

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari

Good Morning

Good Morning
Selamat pagi

Please

Please
sila

Sorry

Sorry
maaf

Bye

Bye
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

I love you
Saya sayang kamu

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Bengkulu

Where They Speak

United States of America
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Pekal

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0030,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Musi

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.003,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18824
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million175.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million98.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Bahasa melayu

Alternative Names

English
Bahasa Malaysia

French Name

anglais
malais

German Name

Englisch
Malaiisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]

Ethnicity

English people
Malaysian people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
c. 683 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,

Standard Forms

Standard English
Pluricentric Standard Malay

Language Position

354
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Malaysian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ms

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
msa

ISO 639 2/B

eng
may

ISO 639 3

eng
zsm

ISO 639 6

engs
may

Glottocode

stan1293
stan1306

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative

English and Malaysian Alphabets

English and Malaysian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Malaysian. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Malaysian Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn English and Malaysian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Malaysian languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Malaysian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Malaysian are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Malaysian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of English and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Malaysian Speaking population

English and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Malaysian on English vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Malaysian Language Codes

English and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.