Learn the Indonesian Alphabet

Abjad bahasa Indonesia

Learn to read the Indonesian Alphabet (Abjad bahasa Indonesia): all 26 letters with names, sounds and audio, plus flashcards, listening, typing and matching practice.

Letter	Name	Latin letters	Sound
A a	A	a	a as in father; always the same open sound
B b	Be	b	b as in ball; at the end of a word it sounds closer to p
C c	Ce	c	always ch as in church, never k or s
D d	De	d	d as in dog
E e	E	e	two sounds: a schwa like the a in about (enam), or e as in bed (enak)
F f	Ef	f	f as in fan; mostly in loanwords, and often said like p in casual speech
G g	Ge	g	always hard g as in go, never like j
H h	Ha	h	h as in house; also pronounced at the end of a word (rumah)
I i	I	i	i as in machine (ee)
J j	Je	j	j as in jam
K k	Ka	k	k as in sky (no puff of air); at the end of a word it is a glottal stop (anak)
L l	El	l	l as in light (clear, never dark)
M m	Em	m	m as in mother
N n	En	n	n as in no; ng spells the sound in sing, ny the sound in canyon
O o	O	o	o as in more (pure o, no glide)
P p	Pe	p	p as in spin (no puff of air)
Q q	Ki	q	sounds like k; only in loanwords and names (often Arabic)
R r	Er	r	rolled or tapped r, as in Spanish pero; always pronounced
S s	Es	s	s as in sun, never like z
T t	Te	t	t as in stop (no puff of air, tongue against the teeth)
U u	U	u	u as in rule (oo)
V v	Fe	v	usually said like f; only in loanwords
W w	We	w	w as in water
X x	Eks	x	ks as in box; only in loanwords and names, and said as s at the start of a word
Y y	Ye	y	y as in yes; always a consonant
Z z	Zet	z	z as in zoo; mostly in loanwords, often said like j or s in casual speech

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