Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Wales
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Thailand
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
English Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Helô
Thank You
terima kasih
Diolch
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Nos da
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Bore da
Please
sila
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
maaf
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Hwyl
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Argentina
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
30,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Powys
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
248
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Cymraeg
French Name
malais
gallois
German Name
Malaiisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Welsh people
Origin
c. 683 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Welsh
Language Position
5431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
cym
ISO 639 2/B
may
wel
ISO 639 3
zsm
cym
ISO 639 6
may
cym
Glottocode
stan1306
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional