Abjad (문자) - Huruf Gabungan (더블 문자)

In Indonesian, beside the 26 single letters, there are also compound letters. As the name implies, these letters are made with two letters, which is considered as a single letter. These compound letters have different sounds too.

In this article we will cover two kinds of compound letter: Diftong (더블 모음) and Digraf (도블 자음)

Suku Kata (음절) 2

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Let us review about syllable in Indonesian again. A syllable is made of a single vowel, or a combination of one or more consonants and a vowel. In other words, the rules in making syllable is:

1. Must contain one and only one vowel (V).
2. May have one or more consonants (K).
   A syllable can even have up to 5 consonants! We will cover it later.

Earlier we have learned making combinations of a consonant placed before a vowel. Now we will try placing a consonant after a vowel.

VK / KVK (받침)

모음+자음	ak	si
	악	시
자음+모음+자음	pen	sil
	뻰	실

Suku Kata (음절) 1

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Basic 음절

The very basic words in Indonesian are made by combining syllables. A syllable can be made from only one vowel, or by combining a consonant and a vowel.

모음	i	a
	이	아
자음+모음	mé	ja
	메	자

Abjad (문자) - Konsonan (자음) 2

Part 1 | Part 2

By now, you already learned 5 vocal letters, 11 consonant letters, and how to combine vocal and consonant to make syllables. Let's learn the remaining 10 consonants in Indonesian.

Abjad (문자) - Konsonan (자음) 1

Part 1 | Part 2

Previously we have learned about vowels. In this article we will learn about some consonants. The topic about consonants is split into two parts.

Konsonan (자음)

There are 21 consonants in Indonesian. A standalone consonant cannot be pronounced. On the following table, we join all consonants with a vowel a (아) for the "sound" column. To make learning easier, we have the consonants divided into serveral parts. The following table contains 11 basic consonants.

Abjad (문자) - Vokal (모음)

The modern Indonesian alphabet is basically the same as Latin alphabet, consisting of 26 letters. If you have learned English before, then you won't have any problems writing in Indonesian. However, these letters sound differently than English alphabet.

안녕하세요!

안녕하세요! 저는 파자르예요. Around March 2014 I started learning Korean language at Korean Culture Center Indonesia (주인더네시아 한극문화). I have so much fun learning a new language. Not only it broadens my view throughout world cultures, it also gives a chance to make new international friends.

As a return, I wanted to share my native language, so you (or anyone interested) could also learn to speak Indonesian. In this blog I'm going to write articles on learning Indonesian language. Websites on learning Indonesian in English are so many and easy to find. That's why I wanted to write all my articles in Korean. But since I'm also still a beginner in Korean, I may need years to fully master Korean before I could even post a single article on this blog. So here's the plan: I'm going to just start writing articles in English (or mixed with Korean), then as my fluency on Korean advances, I will translate those articles to Korean :)

Like Korean, there are two forms of language: formal and informal. Formal form is usually used for writing and formal speech. The other form, called Bahasa Indonesia sehari-hari, is usually used day-to-day for verbal conversations. However, in terms of grammar, there's no difference between polite and non polite forms. The differences between polite and non polite sentences are based on selection of words. While most words are neutral, some are considered non polite (or even rude) that should be replaced with other synonyms when making polite sentences. I will try to cover both formal and informal forms in my posts.

That's it! See you in my next article~