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
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2632
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hai
hallo
Thank You
terima kasih
Dankie
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Selamat Malam
goeie nag
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
goeie more
Please
sila
asseblief
Sorry
maaf
jammer
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Totsiens
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
-
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pekal
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
How Many People Speak
30,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Cape Dutch
French Name
malais
afrikaans
German Name
Malaiisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 683 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
5423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
afr
ISO 639 2/B
may
afr
ISO 639 3
zsm
afr
ISO 639 6
may
afrs
Glottocode
stan1306
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic