Language

Did you know?

• Indonesian has no verb conjugation, no grammatical gender, and no tenses — grammar is beautifully simple.
• Hundreds of Indonesian words come from Arabic: kitab (book), ilmu (knowledge), kursi (chair), waktu (time).
• Javanese alone has more native speakers than Italian.
• Papua province is the single most linguistically dense place on the planet.

Full language guides — including an Indonesian-for-Arabic-speakers course by Hend — are in the works.