Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2662
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
62
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2460
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
terima kasih
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
sila
амритана
Sorry
maaf
Амарахь
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
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Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
30,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
malais
abkhaze
German Name
Malaiisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Abkhaz people
Origin
c. 683 AD
c. 1650
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Abkhaz
Language Position
5428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
abk
ISO 639 2/B
may
abk
ISO 639 3
zsm
abk
ISO 639 6
may
abks
Glottocode
stan1306
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative