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Cantonese vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Indonesia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Halo   

Thank You
谢谢   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
晚安   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
早上好   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
请   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
遗憾   
maaf   

Bye
再见   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
我爱你   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Indonesia   

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

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
Not Available   
indonésien   

German Name
Not Available   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
17th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ind   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Cantonese and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Indonesian language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century 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 Cantonese and Indonesian Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Indonesian Difficulty

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

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