Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
South Africa
Second Language
Indonesia
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Tamil Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2443
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Molo
Thank You
terima kasih
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Unjani
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Molo
Please
sila
Ndicela
Sorry
maaf
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Thembu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
30,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
249
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
malais
xhosa
German Name
Malaiisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
c. 683 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
isiXhosa
Language Position
5421
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
xho
ISO 639 2/B
may
xho
ISO 639 3
zsm
xho
ISO 639 6
may
xho
Glottocode
stan1306
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
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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