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Reasons Why Playing Games Helps You Learn Indonesian Language Faster and Easier

Playing games is associated with hours of sitting while doing nothing productive. It is true that games can help people to refresh their mind. However, it turns out that playing games can help you to learn Indonesian faster. Interesting, right? To know more about the reasons why playing games helps you learn Indonesian faster, read […]

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Learning

Is The Indonesian Language Really As Easy As They Say?

Born as Indonesian, of course, I thought that Bahasa Indonesia is the easiest language I ever knew since it becomes my first daily language. However, if we really want to master Bahasa Indonesia, I would say that even a true Indonesian must find it challenging to use Bahasa Indonesia “yang baik dan benar” (good and […]

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Structures

Are Indonesian and Malay Two Separate Languages?

People often mistaken Malay as the official language used in Malaysia. In fact, it is not entirely true. Malaysian is the official language of Malaysia. It is the standardized registers of the Malay language, so as Indonesian. Then, what is Malay? Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken by more than 290 […]

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Literature

Is The Indonesian Word “Bahasa” Derived from Sanskrit “Bhasha?”

As you might know, language is translated as “Bahasa” in Indonesian. You might wonder… Where does this word come from? Is it derived from Sanskrit “Bhasha”? What was the connection between the Indonesian language and Sanskrit? If you look at Indonesian’ prehistory, you will find that Indonesia has a long story with Hinduism, which used […]

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Structures

Do You Think Indonesian Could Become An ASEAN Language? Here’s The Explanation

English currently is being adopted as the official language in most discussion forums and events held by ASEAN officials due to its ease in administrative and discussion processes. It is also used in every decision-making agenda, regional meeting, and charter agreement by the ministers of foreign affairs or the government leaders. English is chosen because […]

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Learning

For Foreign People, How Hard Is It to Learn Indonesian Language (Bahasa Indonesia) until Intermediate Level?

If you are foreign people and want to learn about the Indonesian language you might wonder how hard it is to learn it? Is it hard to master it, and how much we need to accomplish until we reach the intermediate level? For foreign people, how hard is it to learn Indonesian language (Bahasa Indonesia) […]

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Learning

What Languages Are Closest to Indonesian Language?

Indonesia is rich by its tribes and its languages. As it is rich by both tribes and languages, Indonesia is combined by one special language named Indonesian language or some people say it as ‘Bahasa’. Indonesian language is created by accumulation and assimilation of its tribe language and also from other countries languages. Indonesian language […]

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Linguistics

For A Non-Native Bahasa Speaker, Which One Is Easier to Learn: Bahasa Indonesia or Bahasa Malaysia?

For many non-native Bahasa speaker especially those who have very little experience in traveling to these regions, many will think that Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia sounds very similar. It is true that both languages come from similar roots, and some might say can find a mix of both languages in a certain region. Bahasa […]

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Vocabulary

Which Indian Language is The Closest Meaning to Indonesian?

As an archipelago country, Indonesia is famous by its rich cultures and histories. Those cultures and histories affect almost all components which have the correlation with people or individuals. One of the components which is affected by the rich of Indonesian cultures and histories is the language. Indonesian language is assimilated by or from many […]

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Linguistics

How Often Do Indonesians Speak Indonesian? How Often Do They Speak Their Local Language?

As we all know, there are many languages spoken in Indonesia, despite of having the national language, Indonesian language. There are hundreds of local language in Indonesia. This local languages are already spoken by local people since long time ago. Even several elderly people can only speak local language. You might be curious about how […]