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Malaysian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Malaysia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
sila   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
maaf   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Southeastern Serbia   

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

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Montenegrin   

French Name
malais   
serbe   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Serbs   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
11th Century   

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,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
54   
39
44   
33

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
srp   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Malaysian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Serbian language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Serbian Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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