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Arabic vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Indonesia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
صباح الخير  

Please
mohon Untuk  
من فضلك  

Sorry
maaf  
آسف  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
وداعا  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Sudanese  

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
indonésien  
arabe  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Arabs  

History

Origin
7th Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
56  
99+
25  
23

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

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
ara  

ISO 639 3
ind  
ara  

ISO 639 6
ind  
ara  

Glottocode
indo1316  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Indonesian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Arabic language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Indonesian and Arabic Language History.

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Indonesian and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Indonesian and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Arabic language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Indonesian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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