Countries
Indonesia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Bon dia
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
indonésien
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Catalan language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.