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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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