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Serbian vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Serbian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Hai  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
sila  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
maaf  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Selamat tinggal  

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

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Musi  

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
24  
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
98.00 million  
8

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
serbe  
malais  

German Name
Serbisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
44  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
may  

ISO 639 3
srp  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
srp  
may  

Glottocode
serb1264  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Serbian and Malaysian Language History

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

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

Serbian vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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