Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Please
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
maaf
  
Bye
Bye
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
English
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
anglais
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative