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Malaysian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
11  
5

National Language
Malaysia  
Turkey  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Merhaba  

Thank You
terima kasih  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
günaydın  

Please
sila  
lütfen  

Sorry
maaf  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
malais  
turc  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
54  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
tur  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
tur  

ISO 639 6
may  
tur  

Glottocode
stan1306  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Malaysian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Turkish language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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