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Filipino vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Philippines  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Philippines  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
Hai  

Thank You
Salamat  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Mangyaring  
sila  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
maaf  

Bye
Paalam  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Waray  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
filipino  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
malais  

German Name
Pilipino  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Filipino people  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
34  
32
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
may  

ISO 639 3
fil  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
fil  
may  

Glottocode
fili1244  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Filipino and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Malaysian language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Filipino and Malaysian Language History.

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

Filipino vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Filipino vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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