Who Want Study Indonesian Language?

[komitsuki]

Elementary question: When people say Indonesian language, people think of either

1. Javanese (since it was and is very prominent)
2. Malay language of Indonesian standard

Which one is it? I'm sometimes get confused.

[Routetosomewhere]

Should I say "Selamat Siang"?

I have been to Indonesia last month and I know a fair share of Bahasa Indonesia
A friend of me taught me some basic vocabulary and how to make basic sentences, but because of my recent interest in Japanese I just cannot remember ANY of the words she taught me...Only the Japanese equivalent haha!

Cheers,

Will

[nyong]

Indonesian is one of the easiest languages I know. No kidding.


Let's start with the pronunciation, shall we?

vowels:
a, i, u, o are pronounced like in Spanish.

e has two pronunciations:
1) like in Spanish.
2) schwa, which, unlike English, can be stressed in Indonesian.

I'll write é for the Spanish e and e for the schwa.


consonants:
b, d, f, g, h, j, l, m, n, s, w, x, y, z are pronounced like in English.

Unlike English, but like in Spanish, k, p, t are not aspirated.

Unlike English, v sounds exactly like f.

c = ch in chair
ng = like the ng in singer, never like in finger, in which case it would be spelt as "fingger" in Indonesian
ny = ñ in español


word stress:
Indonesian words are generally stressed on the last syllable.


Now taking the words legionsa provided:
kerén = cool

Originally Posted by legionsa

Ok.. My English And Nihon Go is Bad... Hehehe .. Let's I Teach u About Indonesia.

Ok ... First I Tell About Vocabulary
History:
Red = Indonesia Language
Green = English Language
Blue = Nihon Go

Hai,Selamat Siang = Hey,Good Afternoon = Yaa,Konnichiwa
Tunggu Sebentar = Wait A Minutes = Choi machii
Keren Sekali/Keren Abis = It's Cool = Iketeru
Keren Banget = Very Cool = Kakkoi
Keren = Cool = Suteki
Manis Banget(For Human Using) = She Is Sweet = Chou kawaii
Seksi = Sexy = Sekushii
Ganteng = Handsome = Otokomae/Ikemen
Iri = Heartburning = Urayamasii
Senang = Happy = Ureshii

[rettofaia]

@komitsuki
1. about javanese
javanese is one of dialect groups in Indonesia, just like Chinese have Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, etc. Indonesia has a vast variety of cultures, you know.. I would say it could be more than a hundred different tribes and clans.

2. about Malay language of Indonesian standard
it's true that Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) is a different variant of malay language. BUT i think Bahasa Indonesia is a 'purer' form of malay language. the malay language spoken nowadays in singapore and even in malaysia is greatly influenced by english. there are so many vocabularies derived from english compared to Bahasa Indonesia. In addition, i think Bahasa Indonesia is a more polite language.

oh,, i'm an indonesian studying in singapore and i take malay language as my second language in school, so i know the two languages quite well ^^

ps : i prefer to use "Bahasa Indonesia" than "Indonesian Language"
because it's the official name of our national language and it's internationally accepted that way, i suppose