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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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
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   
25
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

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 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
malais   
danois   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
39
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
dani1284   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
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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