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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[@zak.886]

please do an African language preferably somali but any will do

[@daengzha353]

Good bro.. mantap jiwa .. sukses bro, good luck :-) .

[@harry-4070]

I guess more similarities comes from Fujianese or Teochew. Teochew for Tea is Teh, so is Indonesian. So please do another video between Indonesian and Teochew or Fujianese. Im looking forward to the video.

[@aquielos]

Please do Altaic languages! Uyghur vs Uzbek Mongolian vs Kalmyk

[@ruuoxi]

please put the words meaning in the screen too 🙂

[@kevina_james]

Firman should have his own channel

[@kumpulanvidiohiburan9801]

True

[@indrawatione7289]

Agree

[@zanosolfox]

this Firman guys is smart!

[@HH-he4pw]

For what?

[@indrawatione7289]

For all his fans

[@gregor5609]

good thing Firman is smart, 80% of these words i don’t even know existed in indonesia.

[@anggaperdana9136]

esp. when the "tang" part. I thought the Cantonese guy meant to say "tang" as in "pliers". Idk how Firman could interpret it as (lampu) teng-teng. And for all this time I thought it is called "teng-teng" because you carry it with your hand (ditenteng). Turns out it is a Chinese loanword lol

[@harry-4070]

Firman is awesome. He even knows 'cha'. As we all indonesian never say cha for tea. But Teh, as Fujianese and Teochew peoplr say for tea. Good Job Firman.

[@ismayanasusanto467]

Harry - Sebenarnya kebanyakan bahasa selain menggunakan kata Tea/Teh... dalam Arabic, Turkish, Japanese, Persian Teh = Çay atau Chai, atau Cei, dan di video ini Cha...

[@harry-4070]

@@ismayanasusanto467 iya bener bgt. Krn smuanya mengetahui Teh dr China langsung krn hubungan dagang di masa lalu. Hanya bbbrp bangsa seperti inggris yg mengenalnya dr pedagang Fujian, jafi.mengenalnya sebagai Tea. N kbetulan mayoritas pedagang Hokkien dulu tinggal dan akhurnya menjadi warga Indonesia dan dikenal Cha sebagai Teh. Makasi Infonya

[@falah5122]

same

[@cloudeee674]

Firman is so smart. He knows lot of words, it makes me feel like a failure.

[@yaktisuputri9939]

Mr. Bahador. Indonesia is more closer with Chinese Hokkien than Chinese Cantonese. So in this video, we see Firman thinking hard for the words. Coz the words is Cantonese words, not Hokkien words. Chinese has many languages such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien. Indonenesian is adopted Hokkien

[@danudamarjati5487]

Perhaps it's due to historical background of Hokkien. They colonize southeastern part of China that actually the land of Austronesian language people (the big family including Indonesia language, malay, tagalog, etc). But they absorb the Austronesian element before Austronesian totaly vanished or went to Formosa, long time ago

[@amoldivo]

"dialect"

[@hardwins7949]

Yes, I agree with this, because the Hokkien (Min An Hua) is the most commonly spoken by the Chinese decendants in Indonesia. Cha which called teh in Chinese Hokkien, Ciu (jiu) which means wine which is also the word to describe the sugar cane wine, tahu as in tofu and many more

[@Samuel-hc5es]

bener nih.padahal kalo hokkien banyak bgt yg mirip.lu gua lah,kwetiau lah,mi lah.wkwkk

[@jefflokanata]

@@amoldivo i don’t think it is dialect, but a seperate language with same writing system. Because some grammar also different in sinaitic language group, and vocabulary different. For example, Putonghua using 吃 for eat and some southerner using 食. Different pronounce, different glyph.

[@faraharfiah1001]

Firman is soooo smart, most of us (indonesian) have no idea what he said. firman is so rich in vocabulary, i adore you, mr!

[@awesomeirlable]

I feel like your videos comparing “Chinese” and southeast Asian languages would have been better if you used a Hokkien speaker

[@goldend1104]

awesomeirlable Hakka?

[@chaserbaamalch757]

@@goldend1104 No, Hakka and Hokkien are different

[@lpveisintheairsm]

I like Firman and his smile :) He is soo positive :)

[@alpath4572]

Ksenija Srbljanović : i like you to : )

[@wala5089]

KOSOVO JE SRBIJA!!

[@ariefhidayat8350]

Aku juga cinta kamu

[@Moonlight-sv9nh]

Means who is the lucky girl now..

[@fathurmauladi2613]

i like you too

[@delaformosa]

FIRMAN AGAIN :) It appears that Indonesian is probably one of the most diverse languages! I would suggest finding a Hokkien/Min Nan speaker either from Fujian, China or Taiwan when comparing Chinese with Southeast Asian languages. Most Chinese people in maritime Southeast Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia) are Hokkien/Min Nan Chinese and thus their Chinese influence on these languages is mostly of the Hokkien/Min Nan dialect

[@Leo-jn5ny]

they are racist

[@Leo-jn5ny]

i mean indonesian

[@lgunport]

@@Leo-jn5ny nah we only racist to chinese, there is background to this, in colonial age, dutch make a caste in their colonial territories, 1st citizen is European, 2nd Chinese and other like arab and indian, last is indigenous, chinese is special because of the whiteness of their skin they feel even superior than arab and indian, thus we indigenous more tolerated then the chinese, they the chinese community also very inclusive in their community. hence we hate both chinese and european more than any other, of course at this age this condition getting more declined with more interaction between indonesian.

[@FeyTheBin]

Chinese-Indonesian here, the Chinese in Indonesia werr typically used as scapegoats for all the nation's problems since long before Indonesia even existed back in the colonial era. Our true dark age was during the mass genocide of Chinese-Indonesians during the anti-communist purge committed by The New Order.

[@maitosensei5091]

Our first muslim King is a chinese

[@sydney8213]

Hi I'm Chinese Indonesian, so i might want to clarify about the word "hong cao" or "紅酒" that Firman might be confused. We usually call it "ang ciu" in Indonesia and it is one of the most common cooking ingredient in every Chinese household. Ang itself means Red and Ciu (Jiu) means wine. It is very different from the usual redwine, since we most use this term for "cooking wine".

[@kassandrasanojamirsjach6479]

Finally.. Firman with his smile😂💕

[@mahtabpezhman228]

Kassandra Sanoja Mirsjach 😍

[@rerisabariah1]

Firman orang mana sih? Cakep bener..Urang Sunda?

[@kukuhwinarto6239]

@@rerisabariah1 orang sumatra

[@rerisabariah1]

@@kukuhwinarto6239 Minang, Melayu?

[@kukuhwinarto6239]

@@rerisabariah1 Maksudnya minang campur melayu gitu

[@thelord5223]

Indonesian vs Arabic ✅ Indonesian vs Tamil ✅ Indonesian vs Portuguese Indonesian vs dutch ✅ Indonesian vs sanskrit Indonesian vs spanish Indonesian vs persia ✅ Indonesian vs chinese ✅ Indonesian vs japanes Indonesian vs turkish Indonesian vs france Indonesian vs jerman Indonesian vs ??????

[@oropher17]

nasrul chan i think they did indonesian vs filipino as well

[@irenepuri9189]

Indonesian vs Thai, maybe? Since both languanges are strongly influenced by Sanskrit

[@irenepuri9189]

Or maybe Indonesian vs Hindi or any other languages spoken in India? You decide! Hahaha

[@sigitnurwicaksono]

Oki Aditya A P menghitung 1-10 hampir sama

[@antonyniostel7478]

Indonesian vs Wakandan

[@suciretnowati8219]

Most of chinese in indonesia came from fujian province (southern china). They spoke hokkien language/dialect. There will be many words absorbed from hokkien into indonesian language and regional languages. Mandarin came from north china and only widely used in mainland when china became republic in 20th century.

[@harry-4070]

Yes. So more similarities should come from Indonesian and Fujianese or Teochew. Like teochew for tea is teh. Like Indonesian teh

[@_heed]

Harry - but indonesian teh come from hokkien not teochew

[@hafizulliki1654]

Why Chinese in Indonesian can speak hokkien,when i come indonesia,my friend speaking in hokkien,and they said speak English or Bahasa

[@fivantvcs9055]

@@hafizulliki1654 Certain people have kept the language, some others not.

[@harry-4070]

Abdurahhman, i see. I believe its so similar, because teochew and hokkienese belong to the same family of language. Thanks for correcting.

[@aquielos]

Even the words "Gua" (I) and "Elu" (You) are derived from South Min (Min Nam) or known as "HokKian" in Batavia during Dutch colonization and before Japanese colonization (now it is Jakarta, crowdest city in SE Asia maritime). But those are unofficial words in Indonesian, but amazingly most of Indonesians regardless ethnic, race, culture, religions and languages use those words. The official words for "I, Me" and "You, Your" in Indonesian is "Ako, Saya" and "Kamu, Kau, Anda, Anta". The daily currency in Indonesian such as: 50 (Go Cjap) 100 (Ce Paek) 1000 (Ce Ceng) 1500 (Ceng Go) 1000000 (Ce Tiaw) Are derived from MinNam language. You say Indonesian foods such as "Bak Sao", "Bak Mie", "Bak Wan", even "Ke Ciap" (Sauce) etc all are derived from Hok Kian / Min Nam. In Malaysia and Singapore, you can also see and find so numerous words, etc there.

[@aquielos]

If Firman says "Pangsit" (food), would the Cantonese speakers understand that word?

[@liongkienfai104]

​@@aquielos No it's too different. In Cantonese its "wonton." I'm actually not sure where the word pangsit came from.

[@xiraoit9342]

Dan sebagai orang sumatera saya heran mendengar kata pecahan mata uang 50 ( Go Cjap) 100 (Ce Paek) 1000(Ce Ceng) 500(Go Paek), biasanya kata kata itu dipakai di daerah jakarta/jawa

[@riyansyah1203]

@@xiraoit9342 di daerah medan kota sumut biasa bilang cepek, gopek dsb..

[@Thew8494]

@@xiraoit9342 lampung ada jg yg nyebut ny bgtu kok😅

[@PatriciusJoshua271197]

Indonesian chinese here.. Tionghua Indonesia mana jempolnya! 印尼华人来吧！

[@harry-4070]

Sini. Salam dari pontianak.

[@_heed]

Harry - tiociu bo?

[@harry-4070]

@@_heed tio ciu nang dari khuntien. Hahahaha. Mantap ni mas, bisa tio ciu?

[@_heed]

Harry - saya hokkien... ngertilah dikit2 tiociu

[@harry-4070]

@@_heed pantesan. Hokkien lang.

[@rcharles3624]

I hope this video would enlight Indonesians about the strong influence of Chinese culture in Indonesia and help eradicate the racial issues. Many words in Indonesian, food(Nasi goreng, mie goreng), and various Indonesian traditions (Betawi) receive strong influence from China. Btw, many Indonesian words are actually influenced by Hokkien instead of Mandarin and other Chinese languages so you may want to make a specific video for this.

[@muhammadraditz5074]

I think, like or not, arab still have stronger influence than chinese culture..

[@ferdy7819]

@@muhammadraditz5074 i think indian culture has more effect than arabs, even more before islamic era in indonesia

[@agussaang3695]

Its a melting pot of various culture, custom or tradition.they all add richness to local culture.agree about hokkian influence.

[@noname-pe1fn]

The stronger influence in indonesia is china, Many kings and sultans in indonesian marry chinese princess but no one ever heard married indian princess :)

[@noname-pe1fn]

Even chinese is one of the reason why many indonesian are muslim today

[@dylanjacobs3795]

The Chinese language that both Filipino and Indonesian borrowed from isn't Mandarin or Cantonese, but Hokkien. So, the comparison between these languages would be easier to notice.

[@visorview9651]

Yes, because they are the earliest migrant from China to Phillipines and Indonesia.

[@tommer5696]

Same goes to Malay

[@alpath4572]

USA too

[@alpath4572]

Why No one Chinese in india ? and No one indian in China ? Why...Why...why

[@bijoydasudiya]

@@alpath4572 In Kolkata and Mumbai you'll find many.

[@dabitouya1073]

I'm Firman's fan now :)

[@Minecraft4Spam]

I like how Firman acts like a true Indonesian (especially the Javanese) in the video. Most of us act and talk like this, it just feels so familiar.

[@xiraoit9342]

Not a javanese but sumatera

[@rickville8898]

@@xiraoit9342 Pfft Sumatran are loud and less work nothing like Firman at all

[@yumiyuki5851]

@@rickville8898 the language used by the word is standard Malay (which is made the national language in Indonesia), not Javanese

[@diosundoro5019]

If you try with Hokkien speaker, there will be even more similarities

[@avenzoaraliaa9869]

I LOVE THE WAY FIRMAN'S SMILE. HE IS SO HANDSOME

[@sincerelyfeels138]

His smile... Omg i think Im Firman's fan now..

[@dinday9063]

Firman’s smile ( best ever smile i’ve ever seen )

[@larryye1687]

茶 is pronounced 'cha' in Mandarin. But 'teh' in Hokkien. So Indonesian took this word from Hokkien dialect. 酒 is pronounced 'jiu' in Mandarin. Known as CIU in Indonesian. KONGSI is from the word 公司 in Mandarin 'Gong Si' , means company.

[@JJack60602tw]

酒也是從福建話借的，如果是從普通話借，印尼語可能會寫成cio，而不是ciu 公司也是一樣

[@methylatedlysine]

Gong Xi is also Teochew not sure abt Hokkien

[@olliejobson6371]

The Teochew word for Tea(茶) is Teh/Deh depending on your specific region/village!

[@CiCi-by8dy]

In our dialect kongsi/ kungsi means colaboration/share

[@CiCi-by8dy]

In our dialect kongsi/ kungsi means colaboration/share

[@nevyelysa9549]

Mas Firman ini kok ya pintar, manis, baik dan positif banget, ya. Seneng ngeliatnya. Semoga mas Firman baca :D Love this channel, I learn and get knowledge at the same time.

[@fikrirahmatnurhidayat4988]

He's married you know, you can tell it by the ring on his hand.

[@belajarsipil]

I am waiting for dutch and indonesian in teams, but this one is good ... hope this channel grow bigger... especially for bahasa Indonesia, the most influenced language by other countries.. We absorb so many word from persia, arabic, dutch,etc , convert into bahasa...

[@abduljaliltv4950]

I guess they have made it, just check this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnTShnSfqL2Ug7c

[@wowiagree9208]

Firman's smile is so contagious!

[@TheMichaelChow]

"chinese" words that got absorbed into Indonesian are actually hokkien words. So if you can find someone who speaks that "dialect"(i'd say it's more of a different language really just in the same family as mandarin), i'm sure they'll do much better. (don't use malaysian hokkien/ indonesian hokkien or singaporean hokkien speakers tho, they understand Malay and or Indonesian)

[@harry-4070]

Agree

[@Your_Beautiful_Sister_Is_Mine]

@Jacky Phantom To hell with your long ass comment, I won't believe it anyway.

[@satriaperwirajati8109]

I'll show this to my Chinese & Hong Kongese friends. Thank you! 😁

[@Na.ri18]

i love Firman's smile.. he always smiles and laughs,,. yes, that's the hallmark of Indonesian people, _always smiling and friendly to anyone and anywhere_

[@ar_ci]

Cantonese sounds so nasal...the intonation is interesting. Thanks Bahador!

[@seogabonotjah6555]

Firman again....love it. One of the most fun episode

[@olliejobson6371]

I speak Teochew, Canto, and Mandarin! It's so interesting how you can hear how similar Indonesian is to Teochew and Hokkien (A language that a friend of mine speaks)

[@pualamnusantara7903]

Awesome video as usual!

[@fivantvcs9055]

Very interesting +Bahador Alast ! A very strong Chinese influence in Indonesia and not just since 20 years. Hokkien Chinese (the origine of the Chinese words in Bahasa Indonesia) must be a very rich language (less known compared with Mandarin and Cantonese).

[@heymusiclovers8361]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS..😍😍 love this language similarities... thank you for making these videos...

[@araara4746]

Bahasa Indonesia banyak mengbsorb bahasa hokkian, dan hampir tidak ada bahasa kanton yang diabsorb, mestinya cari hokkian speaker, bukan kanton speaker. Cukup mengherankan dia bisa merefer kata 酒 (ciu) dengan minuman beralkohol dan 茶 (cha) dengan teh.

[@muhammadrejaahadi9486]

Abin Adika Ranggala ciu itu udah g asing untuk istilah minuman berakohol

[@RahmahSolehah]

Ciu bacanya jadi cau... Aku kira pisang... Hahahahaa

[@nichomarbun2086]

Rahmah Solehah gua kira es cao

[@arkanmur89345]

(((mengasorb, diabsorb, merefer))) lucu sekali, hahaha.

[@marsandoardian3352]

Setuju

[@adhindaayu8521]

This is the second time i watch the videos on this channel. And i love if there is Firman. I think he id smart and humble and always smiling. He is so Indonesian. He seemed very appreciating of his friends. And for this channel, i love it. Positif content for me. Give me a lot of knowledge. You look so humble and polite. You didn't interrupted when your friends was talking.

[@najma2613]

Wow....great comparison as always. Didn't expect most of these. Great how the world connects in way we don't notice. Next Somalia and Korean! That'll be insanity unfolding😅

[@hendraadyatama8097]

Thanks for the video broo 👌👌👌

[@liongkienfai104]

cantonese, teochew, and hakka speaking indonesian here! glad you guys did this video :)

[@IKNFLY666]

Fun fact, the word “tea” has comes from the Chinese dialect of Minnan/Hokkien/Teochew “Dea”, whereas Cantonese and Manderin pronounce “Cha”

[@Xdianaandini]

Is this cute boys video? Lol

[@MoMo-ky7dj]

IKR

[@ChocolatTherapy]

oh man this makes me want to learn Indonesian.. why you gotta do this to meee haha. it’s 2am why I am still even here

[@mail4hadi]

I like how the crew in the background sometimes jump into the show... :-))

[@Rouhhali]

The dark blue shirts of the three of you guys are actually a great match! :D Had you previously agreed to wear the same colour? :D :D Lol just kidding! Great vid as always!

[@cheryl1099]

Omg.. I didn't realized it hhaa.. That was called bromance.. 😂😍

[@Rouhhali]

Here comes my suggestion for one of the future videos. Try to research Russian vs. Turkish. You might get surprised by the fact that the two languages have much more words in common than we could actually think. I speak both languages, and had I lived in Toronto, I would be honoured to participate in this project. But I'm too far, and the only thing I can help with is to make a list with the common words that I know exist. Let me know if you need my help with that! :) Good luck for your future endeavors anyway!

[@hiwaubaid1942]

This is great video thank you bahador

[@shawnlin4214]

As other people have mentioned, the Chinese influence in Indonesia is from Minnanhua. People from southern Fujian, Taiwan, Chinese in SEA are commonly minnanhua speakers.

[@eriquerique]

紅酒 (mandarin: hong jiu / cantonese: hung zau) = red wine -> The Indonesian equivalent would be "Angciu" (taken from Hokkien word ang = red, ciu = wine). As for the Indonesian word "Anggur Merah" (anggur = wine/grape, merah = red) that Firman said, the etymology has nothing to do with "angciu". So no, the "Ang" in "Anggur" does not come from "Ang" in "Angciu". Because one means "wine/grape", and the latter means "red". The Indonesian word "Anggur" (wine/grape) comes from the Farsi word "angoor" (same meaning. grape).

[@ngocvuong1007]

Việt Nam nói Rượu Vang

[@ataberkin]

Good work again !!!

[@nathasyasusilo8574]

I'm Indonesian and proud of Firman. Well done boy😍 and thanks for Bahador, you did great as always💘 ممنون عزیزام. Btw I ever learnt persian lol

[@BahadorAlast]

❤❤

[@nathasyasusilo8574]

What a sweet answer😍

[@rudyramadhana4127]

Firman strikes again!

[@xolang]

interesting. I didn't understand quite a few words somehow.. maybe a Hokkian (or Taiwanese) speaker would fit better since a lot of the Chinese loanwords in Indonesian are from Hokkian.

[@johnpaulocortez1546]

Yey Firman! 😍😊❤

[@estisvlog2381]

Oh my god.. firman. I like his smile! Hahah

[@ariefhidayat8350]

Begitu juga dg senyumanmu hahaa

[@HumanSagaVault]

he is so handsome

[@bintangagungadhipradana5177]

Try to see the similarities between Indonesian and French😂😅 Anyway thanks Firman for always bringing up the smile haha!

[@djevespa]

Love it .. i think Giwang are Javanese but officially became Indonesian.

[@emonharis4171]

in Minangkabau language = gewang

[@djevespa]

@@emonharis4171 ow mirip2 ya

[@vinayandriansyah]

I like your content bro.. keep it up.. Love from Indonesia

[@ariefhidayat8350]

Alah ngapausii

[@mariokang14]

I think teh (tea in english) is more similar in hokkien (one of the chinese dialect). In hokkien tea also called as teh. Same like in indonesian language

[@harry-4070]

Yes thats right. Somehow its funny to know that, indonesian for tea is Teh (fujianese and teochew) but chinese glass is Cawan (mandarin 茶碗) in indonesian. I guess its time for another video of Fujianese or Teochew and Indonesian.

[@_heed]

Harry - chawan came via japanese i suppose

[@joshuakoa9596]

And kongsi from Indonesian (company in English) is gongsi in Hokkien

[@_heed]

Joshua Koa i think its also kongsi in hokkien...

[@joshuakoa9596]

@@_heed yes it is Just wrote gongsi for Hokkien as though it were pinyin for Mandarin to mimic the pronunciation

[@samerahussain6399]

I loved Luke and there are a lot of similarities between these languages and luke is handsome

[@antonellom6991]

Beautiful video. Next time between Similarities danish and swedish?😊

[@hsuhorn]

I think you should do Dutch vs German as they’re very similar.

[@TheXanian]

Suggestion for future videos: Minnan/Hokkien/Hainanese VS Indonesian/Tagalog or Tai-Kradai (Thai, Zhuang, etc.) VS Austronesian (Indonesian, Tagalog, Llocano, etc.).

[@anasawitri2678]

Wow this is awesome. How about the similarities between Indonesian and Afrikaans? I can't wait for the next video

[@nockeynoo]

it would be cool if he gonna make it~

[@maia9019]

The Indonesian guy look like lee min-ho

[@thienthien444]

i see the resemblance, haha! both men are very handsome :)

[@HaoNguyen-nl3fz]

What?

[@viar2154]

@@HaoNguyen-nl3fz Shut up nguyen

[@proeuropean5703]

Greek vs Turkish please 🙏🏽😁 . By the way very interesting video ;)

[@mooontheto]

This channel very underated, deserved more subs

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you :) We're growing! Really appreciate your support!

[@kiyahrahmadi4330]

I think mas firman is very smart person. I saw many videos of him and he always smiling and often got the high score. Indonesia vs Arabic, Indonesia vs Tamil, Indonesia vs Dutch, Indonesia vs Persia and so on #CMIIW And the most important thing he's handsome 😂 Ku cuman nntonin video yg ada mas firmannya aja wkwk

[@novalarsad7241]

Great video, as always. I wonder, how do you find all those words? I mean, you must be doing some research about it and you already knew the historical connection between the languages, but how do you know which word in one language has the equivalent word in the other? Thanks for answering 😃 and keep up the good work 💪🏻

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you. Sometimes it requires a lot of research, sometimes not a lot. I have our Instagram followers who speak the language fluently check them over.

[@tomosan8537]

You should add the English word for each word and how they are written in latin alphabet, other than that are a very good work, keep it up!

[@nurmaghfiroh5223]

Your new subscriber here😁

[@hema1218]

Hey Bahador.. ur name says all. bahador means strong in India and ur brave of uniting people . Thanks for connecting different people..

[@BahadorAlast]

❤

[@amazonyussen]

Yeah Firman there..👍

[@FebryantyPutry]

Firman looks so kind and charming ahhaha

[@adindautami9930]

I do not know why I like to see your video if there is Firman. Hahaha. He is very smart and handsome. Heee.

[@OkThisllbeMyName]

I speak Cantonese. Finally something I can relate lol

[@naufalkms]

Nice video bro

[@ladaradara12]

Oh I think this is the hardest one of similarities with Bahasa Indonesia. I really cannot guess any words from Chinese. Maybe just me :) Cantonese or Mandarin is unique. But yeah this is interesting. I like this video. Thanks Bro Bahador. They two guys are fun too.

[@definzgoody5448]

Yeah, not even similiar. But Firman is incredible .

[@rickville8898]

It's because Bahador used Cantonese if he pick Hokkien dialect instead I'm pretty sure the Indonesian guy will not be hard thinking because all heavy Chinese influence on Indonesian culture and language are come from those Hokkien dialect speaker from Fujian and Taiwan.

[@AndiCahyoW]

Firman is so charming. (No homo here, just being honest)

[@rizalsandy]

Semua juga tahu senyum dia gimana hehe

[@SitiNorairahAzzizah]

I love him, he's so yummy

[@thegoldenpie8774]

@Siren Thelxiope in indonesia, if u're man and u say "he's handsome" to stranger(s), people will think u're gay (homosexual)

[@giorgi2702]

The Golden Pie and? is he really that insecure that he needs to specify he’s not gay?

[@thegoldenpie8774]

@@giorgi2702 u'll know the answer after u learn about this country

[@AjiAliansyah97]

Bahasa is back 🤘🏻🔥

[@zeinhermanto3354]

I think bahasa Indonesia have so many similiar word with hokkien dialect more than that

[@JJack60602tw]

Most borrowed from Hokkien. Some other from Cantonese and Hakka.

[@kenken31]

I think most of the Chinese word that you asked was not Cantonese, but Hokkien (other dialect in Fujian Province). Like example "Room", it pronounced exactly "Punk Keng" in Hokkien, or the word that Firman mentioned on Red is "Ang" is also from Hokkien dialect. Hope it helps to understand more on the Chinese Dialect. Thumbs up on your comparison video about language, it's quite interesting to see that language has the same pronounciation, which make me believe that the root of the language itself might come from only 2-3 languages (maybe) but it evolves through time, and become thousand of it.

[@mynameismarvin]

Nice videos! More Chinese-related content if you can, thanks! :)

[@samspear8772]

Well done!

[@MariiiaPuder]

If you are planning to do a video about Sanskrit and Russian i can help you since i study Russian and took Sanskrit lessons for 2 weeks 😅 They are surprisingly similar but Sanskrit is a very old language i dont know if you know someone speaking it

[@Hadamean]

I failed to identify any of those cantonese and mandarin words... :doh: Wow, Firman is good... 👍👍👍👍

[@detaalciardiansyah6912]

I am agree with you ... Because , I felt the same things like you ... I felt fail for identifying many of words in this Video ... O M G ...

[@Hadamean]

Yeah, in the previous episodes involving Bahasa Indonesia, at least I could figure out several words but not this one, totally blank... :doh:

[@detaalciardiansyah6912]

These Words' (more) closer used on Malaysia (Malay Language) than on Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia/Indonesia Language) ... That's I think on my mind ... :-)

[@suryahermansjah3317]

Interesting video! Firman did quite well too..I suppose he's no of Chinese ethnicity which means he understands a lot of Indonesian loan words. Ang Ciu (red wine) and teh both are loaned of Hokkian (Min Nan) dialect. I've just realized that lobak (raddish) is probably loan word too from the Canton dialect.

[@faustinuskaryadi6610]

Or just because both Hokkien and Cantonese share exact same word for raddish, but still Indonesian lobak came from Hokkien. Even Mandarin word for raddish is 萝卜（luo bo) sound close enough to Indonesian Lo bak.

[@paskaindonesia]

'ang' is actually "red (紅)" in Hokkien/Min Nan, not comes from angūr; which is originally Parsi language انگور.

[@irenepuri9189]

Actually, I'm waiting for Indonesian vs Dutch in teams, but this one is also interesting. Most of chinese loan words in Bahasa Indonesia came from Hokkien dialect actually. Btw, can we have another language challenges like Indonesian vs Thai or Indonesian vs Hindi or any other languages spoken in India since those three languages are strongly influenced by Sanskrit (I guess? Please correct me). As always, thank you for video and keep uploading more interesting videos about languages! Cheers, man! :)

[@jumawardi5287]

pls no

[@irenepuri9189]

@@jumawardi5287 why tho? I think that would be interesting to know about the similarities between those languanges

[@jumawardi5287]

@@irenepuri9189 I'm still upset that he once colnized Indonesia ... I rgret hving a shrp nose....i hate u all india belanda

[@harry-4070]

Indonesian and Thai will be very interesting.

[@irenepuri9189]

@@harry-4070 I know right! Hahahah

[@fbiana007]

Simlars between serbia and some other country 😅

[@LetsPolish]

I like your videos very much. The one thing you should think about is "denoising". It's quite easy to do in Audacity.

[@HumanSagaVault]

I see Firman, i click. :)

[@b21.9]

The difference in the pronunciations is the thing that's making it really hard 😂 Good one tho! Although, I'm indonesian and I've never heard the word "giwang", I say "anting" instead of it for earrings

[@joemanggal579]

gw rasa "giwang" jg bukan kata yg umum. karena biasanya cuma org jawa yg menyebut anting=giwang.

[@irenepuri9189]

I think Malay and Javanese still use the word "giwang" for "earrings"

[@harry-4070]

No wonder. In pontianak, we always say anting for earrings. Giwang is unheard of.

[@konangputra4743]

Giwang used in javanese to said others anting

[@irenepuri9189]

@@harry-4070 Yup. We rarely used in to say "earrings" in Pontianak nowadays but some other people from another region in West Borneo called it "giwang". My late Grandma and my mum or should I say most women in my fam still called it "giwang" instead of "anting" lol

[@georgiusagricola4720]

The counterpart of 'kongsi' in Chinese is 公司/kung si/ actually, meaning firm/company.

[@aadhithvarathan5432]

Wonderful job! Your videos prove that we are not living in the 1st Globalized world. Consider a country A and B. When people of Country A go to B for trade, A's language does have an impact on B's language. This makes the speaker of Language A easier to learn Language B, even though they are of different language families. Else, how would there be similarities between Greek and Turkish, Greek and Arabic, Spanish and Arabic, Indonesian and Tamil, Indonesian and Sanskrit, Indonesian and Portuguese, and the list goes on

[@groenase3261]

So Indonesian is similar to everything altogether hahaha

[@bagusbaskoro2207]

I am Indonesian and I don't know what 'giwang' is 😂, it's more common to say 'anting'

[@alimustajab8213]

Giwang = anting yg gede, biasa dipake simbok2 jaman dulu

[@umienindra9059]

Giwang bahasa nenek saya klo nyebut anting 😂

[@abderrazakbaddou]

I've watched many of your videos. Interesting stuff. I love languages. I'm learning Chinese and I'm happy I know two words from the ones you used in the examples: jîu 酒 & chā 查。 can you make one with Berber (tamazight), I'm a native speaker.

[@BahadorAlast]

I would love to! Just need a fluent speaker here in Toronto who is interested in participating.

[@vietducpham2492]

Hello from Hanoi. I fancy both of them. Btw if you know any Vietnamese person living in Toronto, you can try to prepare a video language challenge/similarities between Vietnamese and Chinese. This would be very interesting.