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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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