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Malaysian vs Spanish


Spanish vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
46   
1

National Language
Malaysia   
Spain   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
hola   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Buenos Días   

Please
sila   
Por Favor   

Sorry
maaf   
triste   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
adiós   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Musi   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Español   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
malais   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
210 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
54   
39
2   
2

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
spa   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Malaysian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Spanish language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Spanish Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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