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Similarities Between Dutch and Indonesian

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A practical look at how Dutch shaped Indonesian vocabulary. Through side‑by‑side examples and pronunciations, this video explains historical borrowing from Dutch into Indonesian across everyday terms, administration, technology, and objects—illustrating one layer of Indonesia’s multi‑source lexicon alongside Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, and English influences.

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