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| Letter | Pronunciation | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| a | a | a as in "apple" never as in "able" |
| b | be | same as in English |
| c | ce | c as in the word "Indonesian" |
| d | de | as in the word "danish" |
| e | e | as in the word "learn" sometimes as in "bet" |
| f | ef | like the English standalone f |
| g | ge | always as in the word "gold" never as in the word "german" |
| h | ha | just like English, but never silent like in the word "honor" |
| i | i | ee like in "sweet" |
| j | je | as in "Job" |
| k | ka | regular "k" but not aspirated |
| l | el | same as in English |
| m | em | same as in English |
| n | en | same as in English |
| o | o | as in "over" or "drop" |
| p | pe | same as in English but not aspirated |
| q | ki | same as in English |
| r | er | same as in the rolled Spanish "r" |
| s | es | same as in English |
| t | te | as in English but not aspirated |
| u | u | as in "oo" |
| v | fe | more like "f" than "v" |
| w | we | same as in English |
| x | eks | same as in English |
| y | ye | same as in English |
| z | zet | same as in English |
| In addition to the letters above Indonesian has some more compound letters | ng | eng | Like in “hanging” softly. Another compound similar to the “ng”, is the “ngg” with allows us to pronounce it the hard way as “bingo” |
| ny | nye | Similar to the “n” in the Spanish “mañana”, |
| kh | kha | From Arabic, sounds like the Scottish “loch” or the Spanish jota. |
| sy | sya | From Arabic like “shield” |
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