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The Invention of ‘Lingua Franca’

Language and Indonesian Nationalist Movement by Abdul ‘dubbun’ Hakim, Director of Center for Islam and State Studies Indonesia In the colonial period, Indonesian founding fathers faced…

Weather or Climate

The Indonesian word for climate is iklim /EE.k’leem/. The word cuaca /choo.WĀ.chā/ is usually used like the English “weather” to talk about a particular situation on a…

Is Indonesian a non-sexist language?

Contributed and posted by ‘The Indonesian Way’, a textbook for the Indonesian language by George Quinn and Uli Kozok. The third-person pronouns of English compel…

Pronouncing Indonesian

For the most part the spelling of Indonesian is regular and fairly faithfully follows the sounds of the language. But there is one letter in Indonesian that represents a different sound from what is usually represented by the same letter in English.

Bahasa Indolish

Dalam bahasa percakapan informal sehari-hari mencampur kosakata asing, bahasa daerah dan bahasa slang ke dalam percakapan kita adalah sesuatu hal yang spontan, lumrah dan tidak…

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