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Similarly, it is asked, what does the word Indonesia mean?

νδός) and the word nesos (ν?σος), meaning "Indian islands". The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia.

Likewise, how many words are there in Indonesia? These are some of the most fascinating untranslatable words in Indonesian grammar, considering how many are grouped together here. I've put all these into one category because they're all different forms of the same general idea, even if you won't find each one in an Indonesian dictionary.

People also ask, what language is Indonesian similar to?

As we all already know, Indonesian language are very similar with Malaysian language. Although the dialect and several of the words are different, Indonesian and Malaysian people can understand each other because of the similarity. Indonesian and Malaysian languages are both a form of modern Malay language.

Where did Indonesian language originated?

Indonesian, which originated from Malay, is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, which includes languages from Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean and Madagascar, with a smaller number in continental Asia.