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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Indonesia

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Indonesia

1.4 Second Language

East Timor, Indonesia

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

1.7 Regulated By

Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Malay language

1.10 Derived From

Malay and Dutch Languages

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Halo

3.2 Thank You

Terima kasih

3.3 How Are You?

Apa kabar?

3.4 Good Night

Selamat Malam

3.5 Good Evening

Malam yang baik

3.6 Good Afternoon

Selamat Sore

3.7 Good Morning

Selamat Pagi

3.8 Please

mohon Untuk

3.9 Sorry

maaf

3.10 Bye

Selamat tinggal

3.11 I Love You

Aku cinta kamu

3.12 Excuse Me

Permisi

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Sundanese

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Indonesia

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

38,000,000.00
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Balinese

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

3,300,000.00
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Minangkabau

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Indonesia, Malaysia

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

46
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

163.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

1.16 %
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

23.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

140.00 million
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Bahasa Melayu

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Bahasa Indonesia

5.3.4 French Name

indonésien

5.3.5 German Name

Bahasa Indonesia

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Indonesians

6 History

6.1 Origin

7th Century

6.2 Language Family

Austronesian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Indonesian

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Malay

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Indonesian

6.3.3 Language Position

56
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

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

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

id

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

ind

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

ind

7.3 ISO 639 3

ind

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

indo1316

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative

Origin of Indonesian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Indonesian language is one of the Best Languages to Learn. The origin of Indonesian language states that it was put to use in 7th Century. The history of Indonesian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Indonesian Language History.The evolution of Indonesian language began with early forms such as Old Malay. Indonesian is the standard form of Indonesian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Indonesian Language.

Indonesian population

Indonesian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Indonesian language. Indonesian language is spoken by 163.00 million people in the world. Most of the Indonesian population lies in the Indonesian Speaking Countries. Indonesian language is spoken as first language by 23.00 million people and as second language by about 140.00 million people. Get to know Indonesian speaking population in detail.

Indonesian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Indonesian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Indonesian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Indonesian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Indonesian language

Check out all the information about Indonesian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Indonesian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Indonesian Speaking Countries, Indonesian speaking continents and Indonesian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Indonesian countries knowing common Indonesian Greetings will help you in communicating with Indonesian people.