Jihovýchodní Asie 2 - jazykový průvodce (indonéština, malajština, filipínština) – group of authors (2012)

In this exceptional language guide for traveling to Southeast Asia, you will find three languages spoken here that are also official languages - Indonesian, Malay, and Filipino. For each language, we provide an overview of grammar and basic practical information about the respective country. Conversation guides for these languages are being published for the very first time. Indonesia is a country of thousands of islands, millions of inhabitants, and hundreds of languages. This linguistic Babylon is united by a common language - Indonesian. It is the official language of Indonesia and the working language of East Timor. Approximately 200 million people speak it, including about 20 million native speakers. It evolved from Malay. It features simple grammar without tenses and cases and easy pronunciation. With some effort, the basics of Indonesian can be mastered in just a few weeks. You need not worry about mispronouncing or misspelling something, as Indonesian itself offers many variations and no one insists on strict rules. Malaysia is a multicultural state located just above the equator in the heart of Southeast Asia. Children in this country master at least two languages from a young age. Although Malay is relatively unknown to Europeans, there are some words that we also use in...