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Malaysian vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
India   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
sila   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
maaf   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
malais   
goudjrati   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
15   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
54   
39
23   
19

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
guj   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Malaysian and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Gujarati language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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Malaysian and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Gujarati language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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