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Malaysian and Korean


Korean and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Malaysia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
sila  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
maaf  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Musi  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
malais  
coréen  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Koreans  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
54  
99+
12  
11

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
kor  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
may  
kor  

Glottocode
stan1306  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Malaysian and Korean Speaking population

Malaysian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Malaysian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Korean Language Codes

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

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