Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Malta
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Thailand
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Tamil Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2424
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Ħello
Thank You
terima kasih
Grazzi
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Kif int?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
sila
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
maaf
Skużani!
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Ċaw
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Qormi
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Malta
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Malta
How Many People Speak
30,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Not Present
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
242
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Malti
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Malti
French Name
malais
maltais
German Name
Malaiisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Maltese
Origin
c. 683 AD
c. 1470
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Maltese
Language Position
5425
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
may
mlt
ISO 639 3
zsm
mlt
ISO 639 6
may
mlt
Glottocode
stan1306
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic