Learn Indonesian Through Topics You Actually Care About

LingoBear creates short Indonesian passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Austronesian language, standardised from Riau Malay in 1945, 26-letter Latin alphabet, no grammatical gender, no verb tenses, FSI Category III, ~200M speakers.

Why LingoBear works for Indonesian

Tap any word for instant translation

Every word in your Indonesian reading passage is clickable. Get English translations and grammar help — handy for parsing affix-heavy words like ketidaknyamanan ('inconvenience').

Read about topics you choose

Type any topic and LingoBear generates a fresh Indonesian reading passage — from Yogyakarta street food to Bukalapak business news.

Frequently asked questions

Quick facts about Indonesian

Quick facts about Indonesian

Writing system
Latin (26 letters)
Speakers
~200M
FSI category
III
Language family
Austronesian

Explore more languages

Learn this language from other native languages