Hindi Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia is the national language of Indonesia and in a slightly different dialect it is the national language of Malaysia, spoken by more than 200 million people. Indonesian has been taught at Curtin since 1967 and is now available in all degree programs as which have elective units, minors or majors. Graduates in other disciplines may enrol in the Graduate Diploma in Asian Languages with an Indonesian major. Honours and Postgraduate Research is available in Indonesian language and Indonesian Studies. Contact the School Office for a brochure on Indonesian at Curtin.
Japan is Australia's largest trading partner.
Japanese is written using Chinese characters mixed with the native syllabaries - hiragana and katakana. It is rarely written in romanised script. Japanese has been taught at Curtin since 1967 and is now available in all degree programs as which have elective units, minors or majors. The facility is the only one of its kind in Australia. Graduates in other disciplines may enrol in the Graduate Diploma in Asian Languages with the Japanese major.