- It is based in Malay and written in Roman script, so you don't need to learn new characters.
- It has many loan words you'd recognize: apel, filem, kamera, komputer, menu, oke, organisasi, radio, teve, tiket, video, etc.
- It is the language of more than 230 million people of Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation after China, India, and the United States.
- It opens up to a wealth of cultures to explore, among the 350 ethnic groups in the Indonesian archipelago.
- It counts for your foreign language requirement.
- It supports you pursuit of a degree in Anthropology, Asian Studies, International Affairs, Political Science, or World Music at CU.
- It allows you to compete for business opportunities in the Malay speaking countries: Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore.
- It looks great on your resume.
