ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN (BAHASA) LANGUAGES: ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH ON THE PHONETIC, GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL LEVELS OF INDONESIAN

Abstract

English has significantly influenced the development of Bahasa or the Indonesian language. The impact of English has brought Indonesian society, characterized by its linguistic diversity, into a transnational context. The use of English has become prevalent in modern Bahasa and today’s colloquial language. It has exerted considerable influence on the phonetic, grammatical, and lexical characteristics of the Indonesian language. The purpose of this research is to determine the influence of English on the development of the modern Indonesian language. In this paper, a study is conducted on the basis of the selected material, which confirms the impact of the English language on the evolution of Indonesian at the phonetic, grammatical and lexical levels. This linguistic phenomenon shows how Indonesian as a language can efficiently be adapted to English. Based on the research data results it is supposed to integrate the obtained data into future scientific works for a more detailed analysis of the presented topic, use the researched materials in lecturing on the theory of language.