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Indonesian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Latin  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Halo  

Thank You
Gracias  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Por Favor  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
triste  
maaf  

Bye
adiós  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
38,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Balinese  

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
3,300,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
6,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Español  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
indonésien  

German Name
Spanisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
210 BC  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Indonesian  

Language Position
2  
2
56  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
ind  

ISO 639 3
spa  
ind  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Spanish and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Indonesian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Spanish and Indonesian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Spanish vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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