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Indonesian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
19  
9

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Halo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
maaf  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Balinese  

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

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
日本語  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
japonais  
indonésien  

German Name
Japanisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
1185  
7th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Indonesian  

Language Position
8  
8
56  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
ind  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ind  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
ind  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Japanese and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Indonesian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Japanese and Indonesian Language History.

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Japanese and Indonesian 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 Japanese and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Indonesian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Japanese and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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