Indonesian

 

 

PDFs

Arka, I. 2013. Language management and minority language maintenance in (eastern) Indonesia: strategic issues. Language Documentation & Conservation 7. 74–105. Note: This article is an excellent follow-up reading on language planning and linguistic diversity in Indonesia.

 

Websites

Because Indonesian is a widely-spoken, living language as well as a contact language for many other groups in the area, studying Indonesian oneself is easily accessible. Not only are there many online resources for learning Indonesian, but there is a vast amount of literature for studying it in a linguistic context as well. If you live in the United States near a metropolitan area or at a university, you are very likely near some native speakers yourself! Classes on Indonesian may also be available at your university. Below are some valuable internet resources provided by the chapter’s author, Robert Englebretson.

About Learning Indonesian: this website lists two books from the U Hawai’i Press for learning Indonesian, as well as integrated websites with online, interactive lessons.

Warung Sinema is an interactive website for Indonesian language learners for developing listening comprehension; materials include clips from Indonesian cinema.

SEASSI, at the University of Wisconsin, provides intensive summer language courses in a number of Southeast Asian languages, including Indonesian.