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Indonesian:Sounds and Writing
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Bahasa Indonesia
Indonesian
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| Family |
Sub-family |
Language of |
Script |
| Austronesian |
Malayo-Polynesian |
 Indonesia,  East Timor |
Latin Script |
Letters
| Letter
| Pronunciation
| Comments
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| A a
| /a/
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| B b
| /b/
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| C c
| /ʧ/
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| D d
| /d/
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| E e
| /ɛ/, /ə/, /e/
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| F f
| /f/
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| G g
| /g/
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| H h
| /h/
| One must take special care to fully pronounce it when at the end of a word or the meaning could change.
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| I i
| /iː/
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| J j
| /ʤ/
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| K k
| /k/, /ʔ/
| Pronounced the same as in English, but never aspirated. When /k/ is at the end of a syllable it becomes a glottal stop, which sounds like it is cut off sharply e.g. baik, bapak.
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| L l
| /l/
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| M m
| /m/
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| N n
| /n/
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| O o
| /o/, /ɔ/
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| P p
| /p/
| Pronounced the same as in English, but never aspirated.
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| Q q
| /k/
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| R r
| /r/
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| S s
| /s/
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| T t
| /t/
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| U u
| /uː/
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| V v
| /f/
| loan words
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| W w
| /w/
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| X x
| /ks/
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| Y y
| /j/
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| Z z
| /z/
| loan words
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| KH kh
| /x/
| loan words
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| NG ng
| /ŋ/
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| NGG ngg
| /ŋg/
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| NY ny
| /ɲ/
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| SY sy
| /ʃ/
| loan words
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