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Indonesian vs German


German vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Indonesia   
Germany   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
hallo   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Danke   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
guten Morgen   

Please
mohon Untuk   
bitte   

Sorry
maaf   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Swabian German   

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
indonésien   
allemand   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Germans   

History

Origin
7th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
56   
99+
9   
9

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
ger   

ISO 639 3
ind   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
indo1316   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Indonesian and German Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and German language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Indonesian vs German Difficulty

The Indonesian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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