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Malaysian vs Danish


Danish vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Malaysia  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Hallo  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
God nat  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
God morgen  

Please
sila  
Please  

Sorry
maaf  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Farvel  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
malais  
danois  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
54  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
dan  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
dan  

ISO 639 6
may  
dan  

Glottocode
stan1306  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Malaysian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Danish language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Danish Language History.

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Malaysian and Danish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malaysian and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Danish language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Danish Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Danish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malaysian and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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