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Japanese and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
3.00 million  
99+

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)  

History

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
56  
99+
8  
8

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Indonesian and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Japanese Speaking population

Indonesian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Indonesian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Japanese Language Codes

Indonesian and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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