20% of Indonesian words can be traced back to Dutch words
“Dutch has also contributed grammatical structure and vocabulary to Indonesian; roughly 20% of contemporary Indonesian can be traced back to Dutch words, and appear even in quintessential nationalist texts such as the October 1988 Pledge of Youth.”
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Jembatan: Bruggen: Bridges
Some of example, in Cirebon -city where i was born, people usually call Bridges by “Brug” which surprisingly taken from Dutch words.
Sepeda: Fietsen: Bicycle
Can you give another example?
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Kereta api = spoor = train. Javanese naming train with sepur.
Comment by kombor — August 25, 2009 @ 5:57 pm