Countries
Indonesia
  
India
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
India
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
indonésien
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Indonesian and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Sanskrit language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.