Countries
Japan
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Japan
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
maaf
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
日本語
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
japonais
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1185
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Japanese and Indonesian Speaking population
Japanese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Indonesian on Japanese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Indonesian Language Codes
Japanese and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.