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Arabic and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Indonesia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
صباح الخير   

Please
mohon Untuk   
من فضلك   

Sorry
maaf   
آسف   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
وداعا   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
indonésien   
arabe   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Arabs   

History

Origin
7th Century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
56   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
ara   

ISO 639 3
ind   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Indonesian and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Arabic Speaking population

Indonesian and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Arabic on Indonesian vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Arabic Language Codes

Indonesian and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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