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.

English Alphabets	Indonesian Alphabets
A a	a
B b	be
C c	ce
D d	de
E e	e
F f	ef
G g	ge
H h	ha
I i	i
J j	je
K k	ka
L l	el
M m	em
N n	en
O o	o
P p	pe
Q q	ki
R r	er
S s	es
T t	te
U u	u
V v	fe
W w	we
X x	eks
Y y	ye
Z z	zet

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.