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Indonesian and Cantonese


Cantonese and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
您好   

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   

Please
mohon Untuk   
请   

Sorry
maaf   
遗憾   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
再见   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
indonésien   
Not Available   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
56   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
ind   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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