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In its language literature sense the term Indonesian language has been used primarily by Dutch scholars. Most scholars have avoided this expression in connection with the study of the Chamic languages of mainland ‘Southeast Asia’, despite the close relationship of this group to Malay and some other languages of western Indonesia. Although it remains a convenient label for languages of a certain type and geographic area, the term Indonesian language does not appear to refer to any definable subgroup within the Austronesia family.

Guidelines for Alphabetic pronunciation

The u in the sentence sounds more like the oo in book of Indonesian language.
Theaiinsampai is usually pronouncedayas inday, especially in Java script
The au in saudara is often pronounced 'oe' as in 'toe'.

Consonants

Consonants are pronounced very much as like English language in Indonesian language

• b as in bed or bahasa
• d as in dad or duduk
• f as in feel or foto
• g as in good or guru
• l as in lap lagi selamt
• m as in man malam selamat
• n as in nap Natal, tahun
• ng, ny,as in see siang
• w as in well wayang, kawan
• y as in yell yag, Yogyakart

Pronunciation of the alphabet in Indonesian language
a = ah ,b = bay, c = chay ,d = day ,e = ay, f = ef ,g = gay, h = ha, i = ee ,j = jay, k = kah = l=el ,m = em ,n = en ,o = oh ,p = pay, q = key ,r = air, s = es, t = tay, u = oo, v = fay, w = way ,x = eks, y = yay, z = zet

An Austronesia language is the standardized form of Malay language and is spoken throughout Indonesia. About nearly 30 million of people speak Indonesian as their first language and nearly 140 million speak it as a second language. Indonesia is a place which is 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 one time Indonesia was a Dutch colony, where the Latin alphabet was introduced to write Indonesian script and a number of Dutch spellings were used in it. This alphabet script was called ‘ejaan lama’ Old Script in Indonesian.

The below table represents the alphabets used in Indonesian language with a comparison of the English language with it.

Indonesian language scripting

There are four digraphs that are ng (eng), ny (nye), kh (kha) and sy (sya). The final two digraphs only appear in words of Arabic language origin. The letters q, v, x, and z are used as loanwords from Europe and India.

Difference between spoken Indonesian and formal Indonesian

There is also a varied difference between Indonesian which is spoken by Indonesians on a daily basis and formal Indonesian which is typically taught. It is far more effective to learn formal Indonesian language which is used in formal settings after there is a feeling for the rhythm and the unique characteristics along with the flexibility of the language. The most effective and easy way to learn Indonesian vocabulary is simply read the dialogues and stories of gradually increasing difficulty. Ideally, when new words are introduced and repeated again with enough space it’s almost hard to forget.