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How to Translate from Indonesian to Kalaallisut
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Language Comparison: Indonesian vs Kalaallisut
Explore the linguistic characteristics and features of both languages
Aspect | Indonesian | Kalaallisut |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Eskimo-Aleut |
Speakers | Approximately 210 million (native and second-language speakers) | Approximately 50,000 |
Features | A standard form of Malay, simplified grammar, extensive use of affixes, and highly influenced by trade and colonial history; serves as the official language of Indonesia and a lingua franca for its diverse population | The official Greenlandic dialect of the Inuit language, known for its polysynthetic nature, where a single word can express complex ideas or entire sentences |
Countries | Indonesia | Greenland |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and affixes for grammatical relationships | No, but uses complex affixation and suffixation for grammatical relationships |
Derived From | Classical Malay, influenced by Dutch, Arabic, Sanskrit, and Chinese | Inuit languages, with influences from Danish |
Loanwords | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese, and English | From Danish, English, and other European languages |
Dialects | Indonesian itself is standardized, but many regional languages (e.g., Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau) influence spoken varieties | Kalaallisut (Western Greenlandic) is the standard dialect, alongside Tunumiit (East Greenlandic) and Inuktun (Northern Greenlandic) |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, ʁ, ĸ |
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Language Facts:
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