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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Bye
Selamat tinggal
وداعا
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
أحبك
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Balinese
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Sudan
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Levantine
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Cyprus, Levant
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
Origin
7th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Indonesian and Arabic 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 Indonesian and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Arabic language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Arabic Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Arabic 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 Indonesian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.