Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Halo
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
sila
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
maaf
  
maaf
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
malais
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Malaysian and Indonesian 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 Malaysian and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Indonesian language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Malaysian and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.