In Reply to: Just wondering posted by Colleen on Saturday, 2. September 2006 at 01:57 Bali Time:
My Bahasa Indonesia teacher says that BI is a much Lazier language than Bahasa Malay!! At least at street level. Bahasa Malay, she says is much more formal.
This amazing lady of seventy something years speaks Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malay, Japanese Mandarin and Cantonese. Maybe a couple of others too, who knows.
Learning BI with her has been an amazing experience for me and has increased my enjoyment of my Bali holidays tenfold, at least. If anyone has the time and energy to go to TAFE or whatever for a course I can't recommend it highly enough.