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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Latin
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
I love you
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
American English
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
United States of America
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Pekal
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Musi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Indonesia
Native Name
English
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
anglais
malais
German Name
Englisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
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Not Available
Origin
5th Century AD
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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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
Signed Forms
Signed English
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
stan1306
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
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 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 English and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Malaysian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common English Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Malaysian Difficulty
The English vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.