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 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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4624
0
188
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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
👆🏻
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
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
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