Hi there! Yes, some schools teach it, mostly private schools. That is, not the state run schools but the ones run by the churches (various) or by private organisations. The school I went to back in the 70s required study of at least one language, and Bahasa Indonesia was one of the choices available. The others were French German Latin & Spanish at that time - nowadays there’s more focus on Chinese and Japanese. There’s also been a lot of tourism from Australia to Indonesia for quite some time now - at least since the 70s and probably before. Some fairly strong trade links - one category of cattle for sale in northern Australia are officially classified as ‘Light Indonesian Steers’ and the price is reported on state media once a week.
That is a lot of language options. I was offered German or German. All I have retained is the ability to say “my name is RustyRaven and I am thirteen”, which is not particularly useful.
Hi there! Yes, some schools teach it, mostly private schools. That is, not the state run schools but the ones run by the churches (various) or by private organisations. The school I went to back in the 70s required study of at least one language, and Bahasa Indonesia was one of the choices available. The others were French German Latin & Spanish at that time - nowadays there’s more focus on Chinese and Japanese. There’s also been a lot of tourism from Australia to Indonesia for quite some time now - at least since the 70s and probably before. Some fairly strong trade links - one category of cattle for sale in northern Australia are officially classified as ‘Light Indonesian Steers’ and the price is reported on state media once a week.
That is a lot of language options. I was offered German or German. All I have retained is the ability to say “my name is RustyRaven and I am thirteen”, which is not particularly useful.
That is more German than I have ever learned. Green with envy.
Das ist sehr gut! Wunderbar!
Ah very cool! Interestingly, my primary school must have been one of the public ones teaching Indonesian lol
Also public Indonesian here (WA though)
Represent! 💪🏼💪🏼