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Malaysian vs Korean


Korean vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Malaysia   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
sila   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
maaf   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Musi   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
China, North Korea   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
malais   
coréen   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Koreans   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
54   
39
12   
11

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
kor   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Malaysian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Korean language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Korean Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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