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Indonesian vs Filipino


Filipino vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Philippines  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Magandang umaga  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
maaf  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Paalam  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
17
8,200,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
7
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
Not Available  

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Pilipino  

French Name
indonésien  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
7th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Filipino  

Language Position
56  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
fil  

ISO 639 3
ind  
fil  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1316  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Indonesian and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Filipino language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Indonesian and Filipino Language History.

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Indonesian and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Filipino language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Filipino Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.

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