Language Challenge: Chinese vs Indonesian

In this video, we compare some of the vocabulary shared between Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), with Firman, an Indonesian speaker from Indonesia and Luke who speaks Cantonese and Mandarin. The Indonesian language has been influenced by many other languages, with Chinese being one of them.

A number of Chinese words are found in Indonesian due to historical connections. The Chinese language is a group of related languages which, despite being categorized in the same Sino-Tibetan language family, are not mutually intelligible in many cases. Out of the many groups of Chinese, Mandarin is by far the most spoken, followed by Wu, Min, and Yue (Cantonese). All varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic. Mandarin Chinese is the official language of China and Taiwan, as well as one of the four official languages of Singapore, while Cantonese is the official language of Hong Kong and Macau.

Indonesian 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 is used as a lingua franca. Indonesian is also recognized as minority language in East Timor.

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