Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Malaysia
Germany
Second Language
Indonesia
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Thailand
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Council for German Orthography
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
terima kasih
Danke
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
guten Tag
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
guten Morgen
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Tschüs
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Pekal
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Germany
Dialect 3
Musi
Texas German
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Texas
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Not Available
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
malais
allemand
German Name
Malaiisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Germans
Origin
c. 683 AD
6th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
stan1306
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Malaysian and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and German language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs German Difficulty
The Malaysian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.