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Indonesian

Malaysian
Malaysian



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Indonesian and Malaysian

Countries

Countries

Indonesia
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia
Malaysia

Second Language

East Timor, Indonesia
Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Thailand

Regulated By

Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

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.
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.

Similar To

Malay language
Indonesian Language

Derived From

Malay and Dutch Languages
Tamil Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1924
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Hai

Thank You

Terima kasih
terima kasih

How Are You?

Apa kabar?
Apa khabar?

Good Night

Selamat Malam
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

Malam yang baik
Selamat Petang

Good Afternoon

Selamat Sore
Selamat tengah hari

Good Morning

Selamat Pagi
Selamat pagi

Please

mohon Untuk
sila

Sorry

maaf
maaf

Bye

Selamat tinggal
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

Aku cinta kamu
Saya sayang kamu

Excuse Me

Permisi
Maafkan saya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sundanese
Bengkulu

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Balinese
Pekal

Where They Speak

Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

3,300,000.0030,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Minangkabau
Musi

Where They Speak

Indonesia, Malaysia
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.003,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4624
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million175.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.16 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

23.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

140.00 million98.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Bahasa Melayu
Bahasa melayu

Alternative Names

Bahasa Indonesia
Bahasa Malaysia

French Name

indonésien
malais

German Name

Bahasa Indonesia
Malaiisch

Pronunciation

[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]

Ethnicity

Indonesians
Malaysian people

History

Origin

7th Century
c. 683 AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Malay
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,

Standard Forms

Indonesian
Pluricentric Standard Malay

Language Position

5654
1 120
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Signed Forms

Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Malaysian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

id
ms

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ind
msa

ISO 639 2/B

ind
may

ISO 639 3

ind
zsm

ISO 639 6

ind
may

Glottocode

indo1316
stan1306

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Agglutinative

Indonesian and Malaysian Alphabets

Indonesian and Malaysian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Indonesian and Malaysian. In Indonesian Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Malaysian Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Indonesian and Malaysian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Indonesian and Malaysian languages. The Indonesian phonology consist Indonesian vowels and Indonesian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Indonesian greetings vs Malaysian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Indonesian and Malaysian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Indonesian and Malaysian Speaking population

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

Indonesian and Malaysian Language Codes

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