How Malay Sounds to Native Japanese Speakers 

I am also Japanese. My favorite malay words are “tuantuan dan puanpuan” yeah, it’s on the airplane.

'Nani' sounds cute to malays while 'apa' sounds cute to japanese. Fair enough 😂😂

shows this to my grandparents: **war flashbacks**

My Japanese friends also said Malay sounds cute. For example: Lapar nyaaaaa : very hungry Cantik nyaaa : very beautiful Kenyang nyaa : very full Sedap nyaaa : very yummy The Japanese friends thought it sounds like a cat's sound. 😂

Aki: ch is one of the reason Malay sounds cute Me: CHIA CHIA CHIAAAAA

Japanese : "malay sound cute" Malaysian : "Japanese sound cute" *we are cute to each other. lets get married to each other.. lets make a hybrid kid

Japanese be like: Guru guru Mogu mogu Ton ton Pachi pachi Waku waku Doki doki Pera pera Koso koso Niko niko Para para Kata kata Kankan Malaysian be like Guru-guru (teachers) Tonton (watching) Kira-kira (calculating) Sama-sama (you're welcome) Buku-buku (books) Paku-paku (nails) Pari-pari (fairies) Gosok-gosok (rubs) Para-para (shelves) Kata-kata (speeches) Kan kan (yes right?! Yes right?!) Kan~~ (i know right) Kan? (Am i right?) Kan! (Told you so) Kang ah (you better watch out) Lmao 😂😂😂

It’s true lol. My japanese friend also like hearing me speaking malay 😂 Not just my japanese friend, also indonesia and thailand. And they really like when I say “apa dia?”. But too bad, many Malaysian dont proud of our own language.

i remember my dad used to study in Japan after married with my mom.. and one day he had a conversation with his Japanese friend and asked about my mom's name and my dad answer 'Nani' without hesitation as its simplest nickname from 'Hanani' then he repeat the same question to my dad after realised the words means "What" in japanse my dad replied as 'Nani-san' and they both laughed 😂😂

malaysian: YOU CUTE! japanese: NO YOU CUTE! . . . wow i never thought i will get this much of likes. thank you all :) stay safe

Malaysians: Japanese is cute Japan: **takes out reverse card**

aku tahu cite ni takde kaitan. teacher: do you want to learn french or japanese? me: umm.. japanese,kot? because japanese sounds cute. also me: *learn hiragana and katakana* hey, its very easy macam kacang. *learn kanji* I WANNA DIE

As a Malaysian, it's actually easy to pronounce Japanese. The pronounciation is straightforward for us

I'm Malaysian, for me Japanese language and accent is really cute and cool. I did not know that Japanese have some words that are kinda similar

Malay: "Suka" Japanese: "Suki"

One thing i realize is Japanese word (tate 立て) means stand up. While we malay often say "tate~" to small kids/baby when they first start/early stage of learning to stand and walk.

I do agree that as a malay, it is easier for me to pronounce japanese words.

Your series of videos lift up my motivation for studying English and bahasa Melayu. I’ll keep studying both languages and mau kerja di Malaysia masa depan!!

Malay : Eh? Eh? (shocking) Malay : Aiiiikkkk?? (shocking) Japan : Eeeeeehhhh...? (shocking)

There's one time I say 'busuk' to my Japanese friend, n he heard it as ‘ぶず‘ which mean ugly. And I was like noooooo what I'm trying to tell is busuk (くさい) and he said he will remember this word forever ㅠㅠ

Wait till the Japanese learn the “ring” in Bahasa Melayu sound like ... not cute anymore

'ch' sounds cute.. Japanese: Aki chan~ Malay : Chan mali chan~ Ho hoi~ Chan mali chan~ Chan mali chan~ Ketipong~ Payung~

Let we collab on youtube and travel around Malaysia to promote Malaysia attraction place some days :)

"It sounds like small kids chatting to each other."Upin and Ipin.

Japanese vs Malay Boku vs Aku(I) Kimi vs Kamu(You) Anata vs Anda(You) Sono vs Sana(There) Ano vs Anu(That) Maybe the similarity between these languages just only coincidence. Your video is really good. Keep learning Malay language as long as you still in Malaysia. Thank you 😀🇲🇾👏

Moment I realize Japanese found the word "Nya" to describe cat sound in a cute way, while malay have been using it in a word "bukannya, apanya" dint notice this till today lol

If I remember correctly, there's a word in Malay that derived from Japanese, "'Alamak" and "Arama", both words shows the expression of shock/surprise. Pretty neat

Cawan is actually a Chinese loanword, and I was also surprised that it means the same Japanese.

Check out how Northern Malaysian, Sabahan and Sarawakian talks. Most of us use "bahasa baku" (how Malay words really should be pronounce) in formal speech and daily conversations but we do have weird slangs that people who aren't from these states can't understand sometimes. Haha

Most japanese when they speaks Malay, they'll sound like speaking in Terengganu dialect www

I found the first Japanese word I know was Ajinomoto. When I still a small kid, my mom always said 'pass to me the Ajinomoto' when she is cooking. 😂

Malaysia : Japanese sounds cute *poke* Japan : "we need your rubber and timah"

it's kinda the same for certain sentences to.. exp Japanese - namae wa malay - nama saya

not suprised at all, malay language was used to be lingua franca internationally back in 13th century

"repetitive words are cute" . Me: *ora ora n muda muda flashback*

In school I learned that Japan used to learn the Malay language and mannerisms before going to Malaya(old Malaysia before independence) from around the 1930s-1940s

Japanese is actually kinda easy untill you see their language script 😅😅 I can understand half of Japanese sentences when I learning Japanese phonetically. Btw, thank you Aki for describing your personal experience in learning Malay language. And, if you could master Malay as third languages, you could speak and understand with your Indonesian and Bruneian fans.

I’m Malaysian married to my lovely Japanese husband. Actually, I’m still in progress to learn Japanese language but it always on and off for me as my brain cannot accept it hahaha I wish that by watching your video of learning malay language, it will inspired me to be serious in learning Japanese because I have to know how to speak Japanese in order for me to communicate with my husband family. Wish me the best! 😅

Aki: Malay sounds kinda cute because theres ch sound. Me: wait till these people heard the word cincin

this is the first time I’ve heard someone describing my language as cute. never been so proud of sth before. thank you, Japanese is cute too.

also another similar words is "persimmon". in japanese it's called as "kaki" . In malay it's called as "pisang kaki" . Idk who gives this name in Malay language lol.

Sejak jadi subscriber Aki, I'm become more proud as a Malaysian... I've been negative towards Malaysian attitude since I'm kid, but seeing Aki's video made me realize, we should proud of it and make it better....I mean kalau korang malaysian mesti korang faham kenapa aku tak suka masyarakat sekarang ni😵..well , have a nice day people😁

I think Japanese is very interesting language. Thx from Malay :)

Malay when try to remember something : Anu.... Japanese : Ano...

Cuba sebut ni : Kura - kura Labah - labah Labi - labi Gotong - royong Kucar - kacir Kumat - kamit Cepat - cepat Kunang - kunang Hari - hari Kelip - kelip Anai - anai Gelap - gelita Gegak - gempita

Japanese and Malay are also have a lot of same words but different meaning like 'kami' which is 'god' in Japanese but 'we' in Malay and also 'sama' which is addressing higher position in Japanese but it means 'same' for Malay. Aida and Dasuki are both names exist in Japanese and Malay people too!

Malay and japan in world war II: *intensifies battle Malay now: japan is cute Japan now: malay is cute Our ancestor in heaven: *SHAME*

Aki: *"This should easy for malay speaker to pronounce Japanese words"* Me: So that's why I prefer watching sub anime more than those trash dub eh🤷🏻‍♂️ Also me: *~Intense Singing Anime Song~*

me, a malay-japanese mixed : *tired of both languages*

It's true that Malay is easy for Japanese to pronounce. I think one of the biggest reason is because Malay, like Japanese, is a phonetic language. What it means is, how it is written is how it's pronounced. English is not like that. Two words spelled similarly may have completely different sounds or words spelled differently can have the same sounds. That makes English much harder to learn than Malay.

There are other few similarity between Malay and Japanese language that I noticed. One of it is that every time Malay people asking question they will end the question with suffix "kah" while Japanese will end it with "Ka". Like example English: what ? Who ? Where ?, Malay : apa kah ? Siapa kah ? Di mana kah ? , Japanese: Nani ka ? Doko Ka ? Dare Ka ?. Another thing is Japanese always say "ano/ anone" when they not sure in what they want to said, surprisingly Malay also have the similar word which is "Anu" and it used for the same way. In Filipino/ Tagalog "ano" mean what. Other similar word is ikku in JP and ikut in MY which mean to come or to follow , word suruh in MY and suru in JP mean to do something, the word suka in MY and suki in JP mean to like, the word ayah in MY and oya in JP mean father, oppah in MY and obaa San in JP mean grandmother, atuk in MY and Otou San in JP mean grandfather, in JP ore while in MY orang used as impersonal pronounce. There are many other I don't list it here. My theory is that Japanese and Malay language may have been related through Austronesian language. The jomon people was probably the Austronesian speaking people but their slowly assimilate with yayoi people from mainland China and lost their Austronesian heritage.

Benjo Malay: egg burger Japan: toilet

i noticed how alot of japanese people often make cat noises with "nya" instead of "meow" i guess this explains at 2:00 and it does sound cute ( >~< )

Malay: Cucu-cucu saya sangat comel! Japanese: ah~ so cute! Malay: Kita sama-sama comel😉

I wonder if Malay Kedah and Penang would sound cute to Japanese too. To me, those two Malay dialects can sound a bit gangsta especially when they speam with loud voice. I know cuz I've experienced LOL But they are nice people.

Malay: We give cincin to our wives Japanese: ........ We give chin chin to our wives too 😏

Cawan and Alamak, in my point of view, both words might have some interesting historical influences, which could be dated several centuries back. From the historical perspective, Malacca Sultanate Kingdom used to be the world's busiest entreport around 1400 years ago, attracting people all over the world to stop by for trade business and political connections. Malay language used to be the Lingua Franca. Which means, those people in the past who didnt know how to converse in Malay, or did not know anything about Malay language, they were considered as the "losers", as they were lacking the communication tools to follow the normal. Plus, due to the fact that Malacca Sultanate Kingdom and Ryukyu Kingdom had very close bilateral relationship in the past(we learned this in our history subject in middle school syllabus), cultural exchange and lingustical influence might occur within the process. Besides Ryukyu, Malacca Sultanate Kingdom used to have close relationship with traders from the Middle Ease ie Arab, Persians and as a result, many malay words are influenced by Arabic language also. I guess history connects us all at some point.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the same use of particle to turn a sentence into a question. Malay uses 'kah' while Japanese uses 'ka' (if I'm not mistaken), which leads me to think either Malay or Japanese might have borrowed that particle from the other language some time in the past

This is so interesting. I think Japanese language do have many things in common to Malay language. For example, we both also use different ways to address ourselves to different people. Formal way to say 'I', watashi = saya Informal way to say 'I', boku = aku Formal way to say 'you', kimi / anata = awak / anda Informal way to say 'you', omae = kau Thanks for sharing Aki!

4:53 ME TOO! When I went to Japan as an exchange student, my host Japanese mother said 'ALAMAK' to me and I thought she could speak Malay 😂😂😂 That's when I realized Japanese use the words 'Ala' and "Alamak'. I was soooo shocked lmao.

wish i learned japanese as fast as he learned malay

I agree with you Akiさん.. When i learning Japanese really easy to me because have many similar word!! I actually really enjoyed learning Japanese... Now i already know all of hiragana sentences 😊😊.. がんばれ あきさん!! 💪🏻💪🏻

Malay also add Gaban (From Captain Gaban) to their word. Tahap Gaban (Gaban Level).

From Wikipedia !!!: Japan from Portugues Japao or Dutch Japan, acquired from *Malay Jepun*, itself originated from a Chinese dialect as Jih Pun, literally 'origin of sun'. First known use in English was in 1570s.

I agree with you. I'm studying japanese and i find it easy for me to pronounce japanese words.

Back in my high school, students can choose either they want to take japanese classes or not. The students required to take monthly examinations and gain extra-curricular points. I, myself is not one of them, but my friend does. I found out that japanese was extremly easy to learn because the language almost similar to bahasa melayu and now I can read hiragana and katakana. (phew that's the other story for kanji) to those siapa tak faham : basically macam ambil bahasa arab/cina/tamil/spanish but my school ada option tambah pelajaran tu lagi.

OH CUTE HAHAH, we malaysian think japanese sounds cute (also korean, hehe), while Japanese also think we sounds cute,

"Cawan" originates from Mandarin "茶碗" (Direct translation: tea bowl).

And just like back in Japan, we also have dialects unique to each state like Kelantan (which I personally find similarities with the Kansai/Osaka dialect) or Terengganu (Sapporo/Hokkaido).

*swears in Malay* "Aw that's so cute uwu"

It takes me 2 min to process what is “glung” lol!! It’s actually gulung = roll.

I used to live in Japan for a year. I find Japanese language too interesting. I find there are also repetitive words in Japanese such as 'iro-iro',. I like Japanese grammar. Example: 'tabemasu' is root word for 'eat' ('makan' in Malay). This root word can change form, like 'Tabemashita' (ate, telah makan), tabete imasu (am eating, sedang makan), tabetai (want to eat, nak makan), tabetara (if I eat, kalau saya makan), tabemasen (do not eat, tak makan), mada tabemasen (have not eaten yet, belum makan), mo tabesmashita (already eaten, sudah makan), tabete kudasai (please eat, sila makan), tabetekunaide kudasai (don't eat please, sila jangan makan), tabetekunai (cannot eat, tak boleh dimakan) etc. Also I like how Japanese language creates sentences, always the object comse first, so it'd mean literally 'Saya perut sakit'/'I stomach hurt' when they want to say 'Perut saya sakit/My stomach hurts', so they say 'Watashi wa onaka ga ittai desu'..my Japanese isn't good at all, I've forgotten most of it since I do not need it in Malaysia..

Hmm what if a british learn Malay , He will be surprised that some words actually sound the same as english but different spelling , Selamat Puasa , Ramadhan dan Hari Raya , Saya late cakap tapi saya cina.

As a Japanese and Malay mix child, I always find the funny side from both of the languages 😂 which enjoys me from using these two language in my house

Still remember learned that during my secondary school. 1. Hiragana 2. Katakana 3. Kanji And memorizing the set of alphabets were very interesting. a, i, u, e, o Ka, ki, ku, ke, ko Sa, shi, su, se, so Etc

when I was a child, I can easily memorised the lyrics of song: KIRORO - Mirae, and remember it until now!

my friend lives with European people when we're study abroad. she said, whenever her European friends heard us speak malay, we sounds very calm as if we're very laid back 😆

Cawan 茶碗 is a foreign word from Chinese! The pronunciation is almost the same. That explains the 音読み in Japanese for this word too

Due to the spice trade where Japanese were among traders in the Malacca Straits We do have People from Rukyu among traders in Malacca. Our famous admiral do visited Rukyu in the 15th century.

I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships😘🤗😁

When Japanese change their objective to malay again: Sound Cute WW2 Japanese : Kepara Potong yohh

Also, 'muda' means young. While in Japanese, it's 'waste' or 'useless'. Well... that's not entirely off

It is easy to understand why Japanese and Malay sound familiar One stream of Japanese language come from Ryu Kyu kingdom which basically are Malay and Polynesian language characteristic by plenty of vowel instead of consonant all those A, E,O ,U, I If you listen to Hawaian languages they are also the same. It make it sound brighter And you right the rule is consonant follow by vowel and has the same pronounciation like it is written unlike English Another thing is the length of the word Malaysian, Indo words are long and built up word like suffix, presuffix, and ending with root word Satu meaning one or single , become Per-satu-an(Association), mempersatu( united), Disatukan(becoming one) etc Repetion is common in all Asian language including Chinese it meant to emphasiza and a plural form since Malay and Indonesian languages does not have plural form in noun as in Indo European languages

this video got on my recommendations and coincidentally im a malay trying to learn japanese so this video caught my attention. honestly, i didn't realize there was similarities and i actually never had the thought that a japanese would learn malay. im glad ive watched this video and i hope i can speak japanese fluently one day! ive subscribed ^^

Japanese: Pikachu Pi sounds fun Chu sounds cute Malaysian: Pikachu is SAYA SAYANG YAHUDI INI SEMUA ILLUMINATI Japanese: NANII!?

japanese: you cute malaysians: no u japanese: no u *wii sports tennis meme intensifies*

I was baffled when you said Malay language are kawaii. It's seems like I've underestimate my own mother tongue language and it's been a honored to know that you guys think our language are cute. Bahasa jiwa bangsa,bangkitlah dan angkat wajahmu dengan penuh bangga melihat status Malaysia di mata dunia! I really sounds like a very patriotic person.

In Malaysian, 'nya' is a common word and we used it in daily conversation. For example: 'banyaknya', 'sikitnya' and 'adoii, sakitnya'. It means 'too much', 'too little' and 'ouch, it hurts' xD

I've never been this fast lol

To be honest , "Eh" has alot of use with different vibe actually 😂😂

5:16 actually, Malay borrowed the word cawan from mandarin or japanese because as you said, cawan means teacup. Ca is japanese for tea, wan means cup. So malay used that word to refer any type of cup.

ike in Japanese mean pond meanwhile in Kelantan there "ike" inside the pond.

Aki: malay language sound cute Me as kedahan: hmm, interesting

now i can put another reason to be so happy to speak in my mothertongue 😍

in Malay you need to double the objects to make it plural, for example singular= kereta (car) plural = kereta-kereta (cars)

Aki: explaining some malay words n the language me: suffering from malay cuz is compulsary subject n let me add ive been trying to pass my BM exam since primary school, just when i started to get better at malay i started failing it again when i started secondary school(last yr) Malay damn hard TT^TT(for me) the ppl who enjoy learning it..good for u

Regarding cawan, it could be that it has its origin in Chinese dialect, as Chinese has a long history in earlier Chinese settlement along the straits. Other widely used 'Malay' word that has its origin in Chinese, such as kongsi, towkay, kuih, bihun, etc

Another same word of malay and japanese is NAMA means NAME in both language.

As a malaysian, i love japanese pronounciation. It sounds so catchy (almost pun-like) and shows the character of the speaker. Also the kanji is unique where certain letter derives from different word yet they compliment each other. Case on point for 'gintama' where you can write a story from a word. Favourite word - もし もし and the kitsune story.

Cawan and 茶碗 probably have their origin in Chinese because of the trades with China and all that.