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Words to Make You Fall in Love with the Indonesian Language – Worth to Learn

Indonesia is the country which becomes the foreigners’ choice to spend their free time for holiday. Indonesia is famous as its sightseeing, tribes, and also its language. Because of the diversity of its tribes, and its languages from different tribes, Indonesia has one official language named Indonesian language. Indonesian language is the language which comes […]

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How Common Is It for People in Jakarta to Use Javanese Language?

Urbanization is making Jakarta, the capital city, be a multi-ethnic city with plural societies. Speaking about ethnic, the biggest majority ethnic in Indonesia is Javanese. Conducted ethnic census in 2000 suggested that around 44 percent of the population in Indonesia is Javanese. By lookin at the number, no wonder why Javanese Language is one a […]

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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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Could Obama Speak Indonesian? – Barack Obama Indonesian Heritage You Should Learn

Born in 1961, Obama became the first African-American President for the United State of America. Becoming the 44th American President, he had two periods of tenure from 2009-2017. Obama is a smart person who travelled a lot since he was a child. He was born in Hawaii and he has a late mother from America […]

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Why Do Indonesians Like to Write and Say Things in Broken English Amongst Fellow Indonesians? Why Not Just Use Indonesian?

Indonesian language and traditional Indonesian language are used widely in Indonesia. All of Indonesian people can understand Indonesian, so this language is used the most. However, sometimes we can hear people in Indonesia use broken English in their daily lives, especially in the big cities. We sometimes wonder why they use broken English instead of […]

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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 […]

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Linguistics

What Languages Are Closest to Indonesian Language Beside Malaysian Language?

As we all already know, Indonesian language are very similar with Malaysian language. Although the dialect and several of the words are different, Indonesian and Malaysian people can understand each other because of the similarity. Indonesian and Malaysian languages are both a form of modern Malay language. This explains the similarity between the two languages. […]

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Do Indonesian Learn Local Language at School? And How They Do It?

Indonesia is the largest archipelago state in the world. Each region in Indonesia have their own culture and tradition. This culture includes local language. There are more than 700 languages spoken in Indonesia. This number does not include extinct languages or languages that are not spoken by the people anymore. Although Indonesia has one national […]

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Vocabulary

What Are The Most Misinterpreted Indonesian Words?

Indonesian language has many words. Even, not all of Indonesian understand all words in Indonesian language. Some of the words are unfamiliar for Indonesian. Even, several familiar words are interpreted and used incorrectly. Here, we will discuss about the most misinterpreted Indonesian words. Hopefully, after this you can use these words properly. Below are several […]

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How to Say “Beautiful Girl” in Indonesian – Examples

Every girl in the world is beautiful. Every girl from every country is different but all of them are beautiful. One of the best compliment that every girl like to hear is to be called pretty or beautiful. Indonesian girls are also beautiful and they like to be complimented for it. To know more about […]