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Hindi vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
1.16 %  
14

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  

History

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  

Language Position
5  
5
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Hindi and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Indonesian language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Indonesian Language History.

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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.

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