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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Indonesia  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
Latin  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Halo  

Thank You
Thank you  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Please  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Sorry  
maaf  

Bye
Bye  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
I love you  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
English  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
English  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
anglais  
indonésien  

German Name
Englisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Indonesian  

Language Position
3  
3
56  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
ind  

ISO 639 3
eng  
ind  

ISO 639 6
engs  
ind  

Glottocode
stan1293  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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English and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of English vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Indonesian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Indonesian Language History.

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English 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 English and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Indonesian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common English Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Indonesian Difficulty

The English vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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