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The following is a partial list of English words of Indonesian origin. The loanwords in this list may be borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from the Indonesian language . Some words may also be borrowed from Malay during the British colonial period in British Malaya , or during the short period of British rule in Java .
Words borrowed into English (e.g., bamboo, orangutan, dugong, amok, and even "cooties") generally entered through Malay language by way of British colonial presence in Malaysia and Singapore, similar to the way the Dutch have been borrowing words from the various native Indonesian languages.
One scholar argues that 20% of Indonesian words are inspired by the Dutch language. [109] Before the standardization of the language, many Indonesian words follow standard Dutch alphabet and pronunciation such as "oe" for vowel "u" or "dj" for consonant "j" [dʒ].
Indonesian orthography refers to the official spelling system used in the Indonesian language. The current system uses the Latin alphabet and is called Ejaan Bahasa Indonesia yang Disempurnakan (EYD), commonly translated as Enhanced Spelling , Perfected Spelling or Improved Spelling .
Please keep this category free from articles about the topics identified by the Indonesian words and phrases below; it is only meant to contain articles about the words and phrases themselves. (See, for example, Category:English words.)
Indonesian Word Indonesian Meaning Dutch Word Dutch Meaning Note Ref cako (dated) headgear cokelat: chocolate: chocolade: chocolate: cultuurstelsel: cultivation system: cultuurstelsel: cultivation system: The Cultivation System was a Dutch government policy in the mid-19th century for its Dutch East Indies colony (now Indonesia). curatele ...
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Indonesian and Malay in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.
The words are either directly borrowed from India or through the intermediary of the Old Javanese language. In the classical language of Java, Old Javanese, the number of Sanskrit loanwords is far greater. The Old Javanese — English dictionary by Prof. P.J. Zoetmulder, S.J. (1982) contains no fewer than 25,500 entries. Almost half are ...