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Indonesian vs English


English vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Indonesia   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Hello   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Good Morning   

Please
mohon Untuk   
Please   

Sorry
maaf   
Sorry   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Bye   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
American English   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
English   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Not Available   

French Name
indonésien   
anglais   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Standard English   

Language Position
56   
99+
3   
3

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
eng   

ISO 639 3
ind   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
indo1316   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Indonesian and English Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and English language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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Indonesian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and English language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs English Difficulty

The Indonesian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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