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Malaysian and Indonesian Speaking countries

Countries

Countries

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Indonesia

Total No. Of Countries

31
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National Language

Malaysia
Indonesia

Second Language

Indonesia
East Timor, Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Thailand
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

Regulated By

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

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.
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

Similar To

Indonesian Language
Malay language

Derived From

Tamil Language
Malay and Dutch Languages

Malaysian vs Indonesian Countries

Comparing Malaysian vs Indonesian countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Malaysian and Indonesian languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Malaysian is official language is 3 whereas total number of countries where Indonesian is official language is 1

Find if Malaysian and Indonesian are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Malaysian and Indonesian speaking countries will give you the presence of Malaysian and Indonesian languages in different countries. Along with Malaysian vs Indonesian countries, you can also compare Malaysian vs Indonesian.

Malaysian and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Malaysian and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Malaysian and Indonesian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Malaysian as minority language: Thailand.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

If you want to compare Malaysian and Indonesian dialects, then you can go to Malaysian vs Indonesian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Malaysian and Indonesian Regulators

Malaysian and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Malaysian and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka regulates Malaysian language.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Malaysian and Indonesian Language History.

Malaysian and Indonesian Continents

Thinking about Malaysian and Indonesian continents in which Malaysian and Indonesian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Malaysian and Indonesian. Most of the Malaysian speaking countries lie in Asia. While Indonesian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Malaysian and Indonesian languages:

Malaysian 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.

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

The Malaysian language was derived from Tamil Language and is similar to Indonesian Language whereas Malaysian language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.