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
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
Not Available
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Bye
وداعا
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
أحبك
Aku cinta kamu
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Balinese
Where They Speak
Sudan
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Levantine
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Indonesia, Malaysia
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/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Arabs
Indonesians
Origin
512 CE
7th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indonesian
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
indo1316
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Arabic and Indonesian 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 Arabic and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Indonesian language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Arabic vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Arabic and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.