Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Indonesia
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2432
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
sannu
Thank You
terima kasih
gode ku
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
yaya dai
Good Night
Selamat Malam
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
barka da rana
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
mai kyau safe
Please
sila
Don Allah
Sorry
maaf
yi hakuri
Bye
Selamat tinggal
sai anjima
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Niger
How Many People Speak
30,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Niger
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2420
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
malais
haoussa
German Name
Malaiisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
c. 683 AD
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Hausa
Language Position
5434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
hau
ISO 639 2/B
may
hau
ISO 639 3
zsm
hau
ISO 639 6
may
hau
Glottocode
stan1306
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional