Home
Languagevs


Arabic and Indonesian


Indonesian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Indonesia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Halo   

Thank You
شكرا   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
من فضلك   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
آسف   
maaf   

Bye
وداعا   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
أحبك   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Balinese   

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

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
arabe   
indonésien   

German Name
Arabisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
512 CE   
7th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indonesian   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Indonesian   

Language Position
25   
21
56   
99+

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

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
ind   

ISO 639 3
ara   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

Summary >>
<< Code

All Arabic and Indonesian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Arabic and Indonesian Speaking population

Arabic and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Indonesian on Arabic vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Indonesian Language Codes

Arabic and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages