Countries
Indonesia
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Indonesia
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Malay language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
76
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Halo
Thank You
Terima kasih
Nuhun
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Wilujeng énjing
Please
mohon Untuk
Mangga
Sorry
maaf
Hapunten
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Permisi
Punten
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Banten
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Bogor
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Bandung
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
466
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
indonésien
soundanais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
7th Century
5th century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Sundanese
Language Position
5642
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
sun
ISO 639 2/B
ind
sun
ISO 639 3
ind
sun
ISO 639 6
ind
sun
Glottocode
indo1316
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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