for all your guys living in bali there is a great school in denpasar run by IALF.
I totally agree that 40% seems extravagent for the bahasa belanda influence. The Dutch though definately have a head start in learning Bahasa Indonesia especially with regards to banking and automobile words.
I would also disagree that there are 3 types of bahasa indonesia. You would have to mention the colloquial bahasa Indo that comes from the influences of Betwai, ABG and I beleive from languages used by banci. Anyone listening to sinetron can hear the gue, lue, banget, gimana sih dll. Bahasa Jawa is a completey seperate language like bahasa bali.
I totally agree that 40% seems extravagent for the bahasa belanda influence. The Dutch though definately have a head start in learning Bahasa Indonesia especially with regards to banking and automobile words.
I would also disagree that there are 3 types of bahasa indonesia. You would have to mention the colloquial bahasa Indo that comes from the influences of Betwai, ABG and I beleive from languages used by banci. Anyone listening to sinetron can hear the gue, lue, banget, gimana sih dll. Bahasa Jawa is a completey seperate language like bahasa bali.