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Language Comparison: Malay vs Jawi
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| Aspect | Malay | Jawi |
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Family | Austronesian | Arabic script derivative |
Speakers | Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects) | Used by speakers of Malay and related Austronesian languages |
Features | Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection | An Arabic script adapted for writing the Malay language and several other languages in Southeast Asia, incorporates additional letters to accommodate phonemes not present in Arabic |
Countries | Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces) | Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and southern Thailand |
Writing System | Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi) | Extended Arabic script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases | No, Malay as written in Jawi follows the grammatical structure of standard Malay |
Derived From | Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English | Arabic script, with modifications to represent the sounds of Malay |
Loanwords | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese | From Arabic, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Dialects | Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others | Used across various dialects of Malay and related languages, with local variations in usage and additional letters for regional sounds |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | ا (‘alif), ب (ba), ت (ta), ث (tha), ج (jim), ح (ha), خ (kha), د (dal), ذ (dhal), ر (ra), ز (zai), س (sin), ش (shin), ص (sad), ض (dad), ط (ta), ظ (dha), ع (‘ain), غ (ghain), ف (fa), ق (qaf), ك (kaf), ل (lam), م (mim), ن (nun), و (wau), ه (ha), ي (ya) |
Family
Malay
Austronesian
Jawi
Arabic script derivative
Speakers
Malay
Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects)
Jawi
Used by speakers of Malay and related Austronesian languages
Features
Malay
Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection
Jawi
An Arabic script adapted for writing the Malay language and several other languages in Southeast Asia, incorporates additional letters to accommodate phonemes not present in Arabic
Countries
Malay
Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces)
Jawi
Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and southern Thailand
Writing System
Malay
Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi)
Jawi
Extended Arabic script
Tonal
Malay
No
Jawi
No
Grammatical Cases
Malay
No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases
Jawi
No, Malay as written in Jawi follows the grammatical structure of standard Malay
Derived From
Malay
Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English
Jawi
Arabic script, with modifications to represent the sounds of Malay
Loanwords
Malay
From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese
Jawi
From Arabic, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English
Dialects
Malay
Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others
Jawi
Used across various dialects of Malay and related languages, with local variations in usage and additional letters for regional sounds
Alphabets
Malay
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Jawi
ا (‘alif), ب (ba), ت (ta), ث (tha), ج (jim), ح (ha), خ (kha), د (dal), ذ (dhal), ر (ra), ز (zai), س (sin), ش (shin), ص (sad), ض (dad), ط (ta), ظ (dha), ع (‘ain), غ (ghain), ف (fa), ق (qaf), ك (kaf), ل (lam), م (mim), ن (nun), و (wau), ه (ha), ي (ya)
Language Facts:
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Frequently Asked Questions
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