Countries
Indonesia
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Malay language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
624
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1923
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
76
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Terima kasih
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
mohon Untuk
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
maaf
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Permisi
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Wu
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Yue
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
23.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
indonésien
chinois
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Han
Origin
7th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Chinese
Language Position
561
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
zho
ISO 639 2/B
ind
chi
ISO 639 3
ind
zho
ISO 639 6
ind
zho
Glottocode
indo1316
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating