Countries
Indonesia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Indonesia
Germany
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Malay language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Terima kasih
Danke
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
guten Tag
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
guten Morgen
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Tschüs
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Permisi
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Balinese
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Germany
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Texas German
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Texas
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
indonésien
allemand
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Germans
Origin
7th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
indo1316
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic