Indonesian alphabet

Letter	English sound	Pronunciation
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

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