Learn Bahasa Indonesia

Indonesian Language-Learning System

Babbel combines multi-media visual and auditory learning, social networking interactivity, sound educational methodology, mobile apps (for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad - Babbel Mobile) and non-stop online goodies in an integrated platform for learning Indonesian.

They've very recently expanded their platform by adding loads of new features to the Web interface as well as apps to enhance your Indonesian learning efforts online - and take them mobile.

Babbel Mobile synchronizes your Babbel account with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, allowing you to study Indonesian on your mobile device - even if you're offline! Babbel Mobile is free to download for everybody, and access to the Vocabulary is available for free for those who already are subscribers to Babbel.

Learn Survival Indonesian

Wikitravel users have collectively created a free Indonesian phrasebook with the goal of making it possible for travelers to "get by" while traveling in areas where Indonesian is spoken.

Wikitravel phrasebooks are available in many languages and each one varies in depth and detail. Most of the phrasebooks include a pronunciation guide, a general phrase list, information about dates and numbers, a color list, transportation-related phrases, vocabulary for shopping and phrases for eating and drinking. Some are even more in depth, and all are free!

Google's Free Translation Engine

Google has an amazing machine translation engine which is also available via their mobile translation website and now available as an android app.

Available in over fifty languages, Google Translate is able to handle words, sentences, paragraphs, websites and documents. Their mobile website is fast and easy to use, and the Android App makes it all available natively on your Android Phone.

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Listen to Words in Dozens of Languages

Forvo is an interesting project which accumulates recordings of existing words in all languages. A lofty and, indeed, ongoing goal!

Language learners interested in finding out just how a word is actually pronounced by a native speaker of a given language will love this website!

Have a look at the languages page and you can quickly see which languages have the most words. There is a handy tag cloud on the side of the page which will show you in a visual way which languages have more words already pronounced.

And if you're interested, feel free to contribute to this collective pronunciation effort!