Australians are showing little interest in studying Indonesian language, despite a downgraded travel warning that has opened up student travel to Indonesia. Professor Tim Lindsey, an expert in ...

Although some 250 million people speak Indonesian, the language's global importance is often downplayed. Indonesians might also think the same. However, top US universities including the University of ...

The recognition was granted yesterday during the 42nd plenary session of the UN cultural organisation at its Paris headquarters. For President Widodo, it is "a source of pride and satisfaction".

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Mahsun, a linguist from the Bandung Institute of Technology, said that Bahasa Indonesia needs to be internationalized so that it can become the ASEAN official language. "The ...

Despite Indonesia being one of Australia's closest neighbours, figures indicate Australian students are showing little interest in studying the language. 2012 travel warning impacted on Australian ...

An Indonesian presidential decree that requires all employers to provide language training in Bahasa Indonesia to foreign workers elicited both criticism from the business community and doubt as to ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ministry of Religious Affairs finalized the draft for the sign language Quran, ready to be printed. "Alhamdulillah (Praise be to God), the drafting process of the sign language ...

The nature of the cryptolinguist’s work after training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center is often shrouded in mystery because of the secrecy involved in the mission. Thankfully ...

Bahasa Indonesia was adopted to make communication easier across the vast Indonesian archipelago, but its simplicity has only created new barriers. The woman stood in her roadside stall in a quiet ...