Indonesian vs Chinese
Countries
Indonesia
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Indonesia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Malay language
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Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Terima kasih
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
mohon Untuk
请 (Qǐng)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Permisi
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Yue
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
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French Name
indonésien
chinois
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Indonesians
Han
Origin
7th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
indo1316
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
Indonesian and Chinese Language History
Comparison of Indonesian vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Chinese language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.
Indonesian and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Chinese language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Chinese Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.