Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Spain
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Sisplau
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
maaf
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
català
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Indonesian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Indonesian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Catalan vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.