Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Indonesia
Second Language
Indonesia
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Malay language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
67
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Halo
Thank You
terima kasih
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Selamat Pagi
Please
sila
mohon Untuk
Sorry
maaf
maaf
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Permisi
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Balinese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
30,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2446
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
malais
indonésien
German Name
Malaiisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Indonesians
Origin
c. 683 AD
7th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Indonesian
Language Position
5456
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
ind
ISO 639 2/B
may
ind
ISO 639 3
zsm
ind
ISO 639 6
may
ind
Glottocode
stan1306
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative