Countries
Fiji, India
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
India
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
maaf
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
hindi
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
7th Century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Indonesian language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Hindi vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.