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
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
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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.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
I love you
Excuse Me
Permisi
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Sundanese
American English
Where They Speak
Indonesia
United States of America
Dialect 2
Balinese
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
United Kingdom
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
English
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
English
French Name
indonésien
anglais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Englisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Indonesians
English people
Origin
7th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Malay
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard English
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
indo1316
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.