Editing Spelling reform (section)

=== Indonesian ===
{{See also|Differences between Malay and Indonesian#Orthography}}

[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] underwent spelling reforms in [[Republican Spelling System|1947]] and [[Perfected Spelling (Indonesian)|1972]], after which its spelling was more consistent with the form of [[Malay language|the language]] spoken in Malaysia (i.e. [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]]).

{| class="wikitable"
!Old<br>spelling!!New<br>spelling
|-align="center"
|oe||u
|-align="center"
|tj||c
|-align="center"
|dj||j
|-align="center"
|é||e
|-align="center"
|j||y
|-align="center"
|nj||ny
|-align="center"
|sj||sy
|-align="center"
|ch||kh
|}
The first of these changes (''oe'' to ''u'') occurred around the time of independence in 1947; all of the others were a part of an officially mandated spelling reform in 1972. Some of the old spellings, which were more closely derived from the [[Dutch language]], still survive in proper names.