Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Japan
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Thailand
Palau
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2699
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2414
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
terima kasih
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
sila
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
maaf
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Hakata
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
30,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Kansai
Where They Speak
Indonesia
kansai
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2431
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
日本語
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Nihongo
French Name
malais
japonais
German Name
Malaiisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
c. 683 AD
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Japanese
Language Position
548
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
may
jpn
ISO 639 3
zsm
jpn
ISO 639 6
may
jpn
Glottocode
stan1306
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic