Indonesian Alphabet

Learning the Indonesian alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Indonesian language.

Below is a table showing the Indonesian alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word.

Indonesian Alphabet	English Sound	Pronunciation Example
a	[a]	as in father
b	[b]	as in bay
c	[ʨ]	ch as in chay
d	[d]	as in day
e	[ɛ]	as in elephant
f	[f]	as in fine
g	[ɡ]	as in gold
h	[h]	as in house
i	[i]	'ee' as in meat
j	[ʥ]	as in job
k	[k]	as in kitchen
l	[l]	as in life
m	[m]	as in man
n	[n]	as in nice
o	[o]	as in olive
p	[p]	as in pool
q	[k]	as in kiss
r	[r]	as in rice
s	[s]	as in smile
t	[t]	as in time
u	[u]	'oo' as in mood
v	[f]	f as in free
w	[w]	as in wind
x	[ks]	as in wax
y	[j]	as in year
z	[z]	as in Zulu
ng	eng	as in hanging
ny	nye	as in mañana
kh	kha	as in th German bach
sy	sya	as in shield
nng	nng	as in bingo

According to mylanguages.org