Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Indonesia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Halo
Thank You
terima kasih
Nuhun
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Wilujeng énjing
Please
sila
Mangga
Sorry
maaf
Hapunten
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Punten
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Banten
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bogor
How Many People Speak
30,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bandung
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
246
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
malais
soundanais
German Name
Malaiisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
c. 683 AD
5th century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Sundanese
Language Position
5442
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
sun
ISO 639 2/B
may
sun
ISO 639 3
zsm
sun
ISO 639 6
may
sun
Glottocode
stan1306
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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