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Language Comparison: Afar vs Malay
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| Aspect | Afar | Malay |
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Family | Afro-Asiatic | Austronesian |
Speakers | Approximately 2.7 million | Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects) |
Features | Spoken by the Afar people in the Horn of Africa, notable for its Cushitic roots | Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection |
Countries | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti | Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces) |
Writing System | Latin script, previously used Arabic script | Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi) |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, but has extensive use of suffixes to indicate case functions | No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases |
Derived From | Part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family | Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Italian, and other local languages | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese |
Dialects | There are variations but not distinctly categorized into widely recognized dialects | Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others |
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 | 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 |
Family
Afar
Afro-Asiatic
Malay
Austronesian
Speakers
Afar
Approximately 2.7 million
Malay
Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects)
Features
Afar
Spoken by the Afar people in the Horn of Africa, notable for its Cushitic roots
Malay
Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection
Countries
Afar
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti
Malay
Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces)
Writing System
Afar
Latin script, previously used Arabic script
Malay
Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi)
Tonal
Afar
No
Malay
No
Grammatical Cases
Afar
No, but has extensive use of suffixes to indicate case functions
Malay
No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases
Derived From
Afar
Part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Malay
Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English
Loanwords
Afar
From Arabic, Italian, and other local languages
Malay
From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese
Dialects
Afar
There are variations but not distinctly categorized into widely recognized dialects
Malay
Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others
Alphabets
Afar
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
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
Language Facts:
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Frequently Asked Questions
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