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Filipino vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Philippines   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Philippines   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
Halo   

Thank You
Salamat   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Mangyaring   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
maaf   

Bye
Paalam   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Indonesia   

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

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Balinese   

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

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Waray   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
filipino   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
indonésien   

German Name
Pilipino   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
16th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
ind   

ISO 639 3
fil   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Filipino and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Indonesian language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino and Indonesian Language History.

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

Filipino vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Filipino vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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