Countries
Indonesia
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Malta
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Malay language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1924
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
76
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Ħello
Thank You
Terima kasih
Grazzi
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Kif int?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
mohon Untuk
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
maaf
Skużani!
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Ċaw
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Permisi
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Qormi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Malta
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Malta
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Not Present
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
462
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
23.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Malti
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Malti
French Name
indonésien
maltais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Maltese
Origin
7th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Maltese
Language Position
5625
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
ind
mlt
ISO 639 3
ind
mlt
ISO 639 6
ind
mlt
Glottocode
indo1316
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic