Project to offer Indonesian and Thai language classes
By Stan Nelson
Of tW Knwrald
The Southeast Asian Studies
project has expanded its course
offerings, and will provide
students with beginning In
donesian and Thai language in
struction beginning winter
term.
Many Asian studies programs
place considerable emphasis on
japan and China, yet neglect
other nations in the same
region, said Gerald Fry.
political science professor and
international studies director
Considering the proximity of
Indonesia in the Pacific Rim
and its trade patterns with
Oregon, more emphasis should
be given to expand the potential
for contact between the nation
and the United States. Fry said.
"Given that Indonesia is the
fifth largest country in the
Gerald Fry
world...it looks like a place
where some direct attention
might have some direct
economic effect.” said Russell
Tomlin, head of the IJniver
Also, the language is close
enough to Bahasa Malay, the of
ficial language of Malaysia, that
two people could communicate
with each other speaking the
‘Given that Indonesia is the fifth largest
country in the world...it looks like a place
where some direct attention might have
some direct economic effect. ’
— Russel] Tomlin
sity's American English In
stitute. The country currently
has a population of more than
160 million people.
In 1985. Indonesia imported
the ninth largest amount of pro
ducts shipped from Oregon
ports along the Columbia river,
buying more than $48 million
in goods, according to Port of
Portland statistics. The
Washington ports of Kalarna,
Longview and Vancouver also
were included in the export
totals.
Thailand imported more than
$16 million in goods shipped
from Oregon porta in the same
time period and was Oregon’s
17th largest trading partner in
ocean commerce.
lapan, which is Oregon's
largest trading partner, bought
more than $1.8 billion in goods
in 1985.
Bahasa Indonesian, the of
ficial language of Indonesia, is
similar to the English language
in the sense that words can be
multisyllabic and have more
than one sound in a syllable.
Fry said.
two different languages, he
said.
The alphabet of the two
languages is the same while
spellings vary some, said
linguistics graduate student
Kido Dasmodjo, who will be
teaching the Indonesian course.
In comparison. Thailand and
China's languages are tonal and
rely on voice inflection to dif
ferentiate words. Fry said.
"It will seem deceptively
simple as a language to learn."
Fry said.
Prior to coming to the Univer
sity. Dasmodjo taught for four
years at Atina Java University at
the Indonesian capital of Jakar
ta. There Dasmodjo taught both
Knglish to Indonesians and
Hahasa Indonesian to European
diplomats, including the Cana
dian ambassador to Indonesia.
"We couldn't have found
anyone who could have done
better,” said Tomlin in
reference to Dasmodjo.
And while the initial interest
in the program might be slight,
support for the language
courses will increase as
students learn more about the
nations in complementary
history courses. Tomlin said.
A language program is a
necessary ingredient for any
serious Southeast Asian studies
program, said linguistics Pro
fessor Scott Delancey. who will
supervise the Thai language
instruction.
The classes are not meant to
compete with the Southeast
Asian studies project or interna
tional studies programs, but
rather enrich and overlap bet
ween the two. Tomlin said.
The language courses were
made possible with a one-year.
$55,000 Department of Educa
tion grant. Work is underway
on the renewal of the grant.
The courses are being offered
through the linguistics
department.
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