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Malaysian and Dutch


Dutch and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
6   
9

National Language
Malaysia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Indonesia   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Thailand   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Hallo   

Thank You
terima kasih   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
goedemorgen   

Please
sila   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
maaf   
sorry   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Musi   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
malais   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
54   
39
48   
35

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
dut   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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All Malaysian and Dutch 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 Malaysian and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Dutch Speaking population

Malaysian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Malaysian and Dutch on Malaysian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Dutch Language Codes

Malaysian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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