In a classroom at National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taipei, students answer their lecturer’s questions in Indonesian. Down the hall, another class engages in a lively debate on Southeast Asian ...

Universities are vital institutional actors in Australia’s relations with Indonesia. Australian universities welcome thousands of Indonesian students across a broad range of programs. In doing so, ...

The Indonesia Supreme Court has stated that the absence of a Bahasa Indonesia language version of a contract should not of itself mean that the contract should be voided, except where it can be proven ...

Despite its tremendous language diversity, Indonesia as a nation is in favour of monolingualism. Approximately 700 languages are spoken across the archipelago, yet Indonesia chose to name one national ...

The Spanish and Indonesian embassies have criticised Deakin for scaling back its language program, warning the move could ...

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 ...

October 28 marked the 90th anniversary of the Youth Pledge which declared three ideals: one motherland, one nation and one language. It proclaimed Bahasa Indonesia the official language of Indonesia.

Indonesia ranks among the world’s most linguistically diverse nations, hosting over 700 living languages from the Austronesian family alongside several Papuan tongues. Central to national cohesion is ...

Unity or Inequality? The Language Dilemma in Indonesia Language policy looks at how governments and institutions decide which languages are used in places like schools, workplaces, and government, and ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Language Development and Cultivation Agency (Badan Bahasa) said Indonesian language learning for foreign speakers, known as BIPA, is now available in 61 countries ...