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Indonesian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Halo  

Thank You
شكرا  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
من فضلك  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
آسف  
maaf  

Bye
وداعا  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
أحبك  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
arabe  
indonésien  

German Name
Arabisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
512 CE  
7th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indonesian  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Indonesian  

Language Position
25  
23
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
ind  

ISO 639 3
ara  
ind  

ISO 639 6
ara  
ind  

Glottocode
arab1395  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Arabic and Indonesian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Indonesian Speaking population

Arabic and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Indonesian on Arabic vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Indonesian Language Codes

Arabic and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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