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Indonesian and Malaysian


Malaysian and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
36 weeks   
10

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
38,000,000.00   
8
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Pekal   

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Not Available   

French Name
indonésien   
malais   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
56   
99+
54   
39

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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.

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