Countries
Indonesia
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Indonesia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Malay language
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Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Terima kasih
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
mohon Untuk
请 (Qǐng)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Permisi
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Yue
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
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French Name
indonésien
chinois
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Indonesians
Han
Origin
7th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Indonesian and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Chinese Speaking population
Indonesian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Indonesian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Chinese Language Codes
Indonesian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.