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Malaysian and English


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
33  
2
3  
12

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
-  
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
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
36 weeks  
13

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
225,000,000.00  
4
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Musi  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
98.00 million  
8

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
3  
3
54  
99+

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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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.

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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.

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