Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Henda ho
Thank You
terima kasih
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Boge Setak’
Please
sila
দয়া করে
Sorry
maaf
দুঃখিত
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Hariau
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Mahali
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
India
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Not present
Where They Speak
Indonesia
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How Many People Speak
30,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Not present
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
241
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
malais
santal
German Name
Malaiisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
c. 683 AD
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Santali
Language Position
5441
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
sat
ISO 639 2/B
may
sat
ISO 639 3
zsm
sat
ISO 639 6
may
sat
Glottocode
stan1306
sant1410
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
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