Countries
Indonesia
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
France
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Bonjour
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
maaf
  
désolé
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Français
  
French Name
indonésien
  
français
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Indonesian and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and French language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs French Difficulty
The Indonesian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.