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Malaysian and German


German and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

National Language
Malaysia  
Germany  

Second Language
Indonesia  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
hallo  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Danke  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
guten Morgen  

Please
sila  
bitte  

Sorry
maaf  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
6,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
malais  
allemand  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
54  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
ger  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
deu  

ISO 639 6
may  
deus  

Glottocode
stan1306  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Malaysian and German Speaking population

Malaysian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Malaysian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and German Language Codes

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

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