Editing Loanword (section)

===Dutch words in Indonesian===
Almost 350 years of Dutch presence in what is now [[Indonesia]] have left significant linguistic traces. Though very few Indonesians have a fluent knowledge of Dutch, the Indonesian language inherited many words from Dutch, both in words for everyday life (e.g., ''[[wikt:buncis|buncis]]'' from Dutch ''[[wikt:boontjes|boontjes]]'' for (green) beans) and as well in administrative, scientific or technological terminology (e.g., ''[[wikt:kantor|kantor]]'' from Dutch ''[[wikt:kantoor|kantoor]]'' for office).<ref>Sneddon (2003), p.162.</ref> The Professor of Indonesian Literature at [[Leiden University]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Hendrik Maier |url=https://idwriters.com/authors/hendrik-maier/ |website=IDWRITERS |access-date=10 October 2021 |date=26 April 2017}}</ref> and of Comparative Literature at [[University of California, Riverside|UCR]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=UCR |last2=Department of Comparative Literature and Languages |title=Faculty: Hendrik Maier |url=https://complitlang.ucr.edu/people/faculty/maier/ |website=UCR Faculty |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> argues that roughly 20% of [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] words can be traced back to Dutch words.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://repositories.cdlib.org/ies/050208/ |title=A Hidden Language – Dutch in Indonesia |website=UC Berkeley: Institute of European Studies |via=eScholarship |date=8 February 2005 |access-date=29 March 2015|last1=Maier |first1=Hendrik M. }}</ref>