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Sanskrit and Malaysian


Malaysian and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
India  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Hai  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
sila  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
maaf  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
-  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Musi  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
24  
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
-  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
sanskrit  
malais  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
23  
21
54  
99+

Signed Forms
-  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
may  

ISO 639 3
san  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
san  
may  

Glottocode
sans1269  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Sanskrit and Malaysian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Malaysian Speaking population

Sanskrit and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Malaysian on Sanskrit vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Malaysian Language Codes

Sanskrit and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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