Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Indonesia
National Language
Germany
Indonesia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Malay language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Danke
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
guten Abend
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Selamat Pagi
Bye
Tschüs
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Permisi
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Balinese
Where They Speak
Germany
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Texas German
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Texas
Indonesia, Malaysia
Native Name
Deutsch
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
allemand
indonésien
German Name
Deutsch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Indonesians
Origin
6th Century AD
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Signed German
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
indo1316
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
German 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 German and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Indonesian language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common German Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Indonesian Difficulty
The German vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.