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Turkish vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
3  
12

National Language
Turkey  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Hai  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Selamat pagi  

Please
lütfen  
sila  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
maaf  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Bengkulu  

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

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Pekal  

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

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

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Türkçe  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
turc  
malais  

German Name
Türkisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
19  
17
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
may  

ISO 639 3
tur  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
tur  
may  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Turkish and Malaysian Language History

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

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

Turkish vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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