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Indonesian, an Austronesian language, is a standardized form of Malay and is spoken throughout Indonesia. About 30 million people speak Indonesian as their first language and a further 140 million speak it as a second language. Indonesia is a linguistically diverse region where the Indonesian language acts as a lingua franca, even though there are more native speakers of Javanese - about 75 million.
During the time Indonesia was a Dutch colony, the Latin alphabet was introduced to write Indonesian and a number of Dutch spellings were used. This alphabet was called ejaan lama (Old Script) in Indonesian.
In the 1930s, as part of the independence movement, the Indonesian language was standardised and the term Bahasa Indonesia was adopted as the name of the language.
In 1947 the spelling of oe was changed to u. Then in 1972 a set of official changes to the Indonesian spelling system were introduced by former president Soeharto. The major changes included changing ch to kh, dj to j, j to y, nj to ny, sj to sy, and tj to c.
| A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | be | ce | de | e | ef | ge | ha | i | je | ka | el | em |
| N n | O o | P p | Q q | R r | S s | T t | U u | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Z z |
| en | o | pe | ki | er | es | te | u | fe | we | eks | ye | zet |
Source: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Indonesian_Lesson_0
Semua orang dilahirkan merdeka dan mempunyai martabat dan hak-hak yang sama. Mereka dikaruniai akal dan hati nurani dan hendaknya bergaul satu sama lain dalam semangat persaudaraan.
Listen to a recording of this text by Ali Aulia Ghozali
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason
and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Longer sample text (Tower of Babel)
Indonesian language courses, dictionaries, etc.
Other languages written with the Latin alphabet
Indonesian language and culture learning resources
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian
Online Indonesian lessons
http://indonesianlanguage.net
Information about Indonesian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language
Indonesian phrases
http://www.werple.net.au/~wreid/bali_lng.html
http://www.expat.or.id/info/bahasa.html
Online Indonesian dictionaries
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/ind.html
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian/TataBahasa/dictionary/
http://indodic.com
Kursus Bahasa: Sistem Penyelenggaraan Kelas
http://www.kursus-bahasa.com
Indonesian Electronic talking dictionaries
http://www.ectaco.com
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