Language Challenge: Filipino vs Indonesian

In this episode, a Filipino team takes on an Indonesian team in a more complicated challenge, with a few words and sentences. We had previously done a Filipino-Indonesian video, but due to popular demand, having received many messages on Instagram to do a part 2, we've done it and made it into a different format.

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Filipino and Indonesian are two Austronesian languages with many common words and phrases. Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) is a standardized register of Malay and the official language of Indonesia. Indonesia is a multi-lingual country and most Indonesians speak another language, however, the Indonesian language has been used as a lingua franca in the archipelago for centuries. Indonesian is also recognized as minority language in East Timor. Filipino, on the other hand, is the standard register of the Tagalog language and the official language of the Philippines. Both Filipino and Indonesian are classified as Malayo-Polynesian languages, a subgroup of the Austronesian languages. Due to the close relationship between the two languages, there are many cognates between them. Indonesia and the Philippines have had a very close history and as a result not only share a lot of common words in the official languages, but also very similar cultural characteristics.

Видео Language Challenge: Filipino vs Indonesian канала Bahador Alast