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Spanish vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
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   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Indonesia   

Second Language
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   
East Timor, Indonesia   

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

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

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

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

Derived From
Latin   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
22   
12
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Halo   

Thank You
Gracias   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Por Favor   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
triste   
maaf   

Bye
adiós   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Indonesia   

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

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Balinese   

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

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

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Español   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
indonésien   

German Name
Spanisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
210 BC   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Indonesian   

Language Position
2   
2
56   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
ind   

ISO 639 3
spa   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Spanish and Indonesian Language History

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

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

Spanish vs Indonesian Difficulty

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

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