Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Indonesia
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Thailand
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2423
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Hola
Thank You
terima kasih
Gràcies
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Bona nit
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Bon dia
Please
sila
Sisplau
Sorry
maaf
Perdó!
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Adéu
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Caló
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Valencian
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Spain
How Many People Speak
30,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Spain
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
248
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
català
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
malais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Malaiisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Catalan people
Origin
c. 683 AD
c. 1028
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
5432
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
cat
ISO 639 2/B
may
cat
ISO 639 3
zsm
cat
ISO 639 6
may
cat
Glottocode
stan1306
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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