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Indonesian vs Spanish


Spanish vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Indonesia   
Spain   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
French Language   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
hola   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Buenos Días   

Please
mohon Untuk   
Por Favor   

Sorry
maaf   
triste   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
adiós   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Cuban Spanish   

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Español   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
indonésien   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
56   
99+
2   
2

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
spa   

ISO 639 3
ind   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Indonesian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Spanish language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Spanish Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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