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Indonesian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Latin   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Halo   

Thank You
Merci   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
désolé   
maaf   

Bye
au revoir   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
African French   
Balinese   

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

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
français   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Français   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
français   
indonésien   

German Name
Französisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Indonesian   

Language Position
13   
12
56   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
ind   

ISO 639 3
fra   
ind   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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   

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French and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of French vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Indonesian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Indonesian Language History.

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

French vs Indonesian Difficulty

The French vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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