Countries
Indonesia
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Japan
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Palau
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Malay language
Korean Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2699
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1914
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
75
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Terima kasih
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
mohon Untuk
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
maaf
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Permisi
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Hakata
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Kansai
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
kansai
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4631
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
23.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
日本語
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Nihongo
French Name
indonésien
japonais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
7th Century
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Japanese
Language Position
568
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
ind
jpn
ISO 639 3
ind
jpn
ISO 639 6
ind
jpn
Glottocode
indo1316
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic