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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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
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  
19
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Cuban Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
3,900,000.00  
99+

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 %  
15
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
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

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
ind  
spa  

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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