Welcome!
Welcome to the Indonesian Languages Resources Web Site! This site aims to assist you in learning, teaching and using the Indonesian language.
Bahasa Indonesia is a language used by over 230 million residents (in July 2008) of Indonesia and millions more world-wide. With its phonetic spelling and uncomplicated grammar, Bahasa Indonesia is relatively easy to learn and has wide appeal.
This site currently offers you a selection of practical easy-to-use software to help you learn Indonesian. Please go to our Online Shop to see what is available.
We have also categorised useful books from Amazon for learning, teaching and using Indonesian. You can order these books in our Amazon Associates Store.
Over time, this site will develop to be your one-stop resource for finding contacts, materials, products and services related to Bahasa Indonesia. Checkout out the directory of internet resources that we are compiling.
We encourage and invite you to suggest resources to add to our catalog. Please feel free to send your ideas to info@languagetechnologies.com.
Challenge
"Onomatopoeia", or sound word, is a word whose sound imitates the actual sound to which it refers. You will be familiar with English examples such as 'bang', 'thud' and 'splash'. Match the following Indonesian examples with their English equivalents (try pronouncing them out loud):