Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
United States of America
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Apache Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2434
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
terima kasih
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
sila
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
maaf
Nízhdził
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Arizona
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Indonesia
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
30,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Utah
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
244
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Navaho
French Name
malais
navaho
German Name
Malaiisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Navajo people
Origin
c. 683 AD
1500 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
-
Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Navajo
Language Position
5429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
nav
ISO 639 2/B
may
nav
ISO 639 3
zsm
nav
ISO 639 6
may
nav
Glottocode
stan1306
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic