Indonesian and Cantonese
Countries
Indonesia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Indonesia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Hawaii
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Malay language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Terima kasih
谢谢
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
你好吗？
Good Night
Selamat Malam
晚安
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
下午好
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
早上好
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
我爱你
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Indonesia
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Balinese
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Hong Kong
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
indonésien
cantonais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Han Chinese
Origin
7th Century
17th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
id
No data available
ISO 639 3
ind
No data available
Glottocode
indo1316
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Indonesian and Cantonese 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 Indonesian and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Cantonese Speaking population
Indonesian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Indonesian and Cantonese on Indonesian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Cantonese Language Codes
Indonesian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.