How to Say "Indonesia" in Vietnamese

In-đô-nê-xi-a

[ʔin˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧ ne˧˧ si˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]

In Vietnamese, Indonesia is called In-đô-nê-xi-a. Wiktionary also lists Nam Dương.

Meaning: country (name)

Ways to say it

“indonesia” in Vietnamese
Vietnamese	IPA	Note
In-đô-nê-xi-a	[ʔin˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧ ne˧˧ si˧˧ ʔaː˧˧] (Hà Nội, narrow) [ʔin˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧ nej˧˧ sɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧] (Huế, narrow)
Nam Dương	[naːm˧˧ zɨəŋ˧˧] (Hà Nội, narrow) [naːm˧˧ jɨəŋ˧˧] (Huế, narrow)	dated

The phrase is used to refer to the country of Indonesia.

For informal speech, you may use Inđô. The term Nam Dương is archaic and used primarily in historical settings.

The word Nam is a homonym in Vietnamese, meaning both 'south' as used in Nam Dương and 'male'.
The archaic name Nam Dương uses characters that can be interpreted as 'Southern Ocean', which was a common way to refer to the maritime regions of Southeast Asia in historical texts.
The term Nam Dương shares a linguistic pattern with Đông Dương, the historical term for 'Indochina', where both use directional roots to define large geographic zones.

Thủ đô của In-đô-nê-xi-a là Jakarta.
The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta.
This sentence is useful for identifying the capital city of In-đô-nê-xi-a.
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Anh/chị đến từ đâu? Person B: Tôi đến từ Indonesia.
Person A: Where are you from? Person B: I'm from Indonesia.
Bạn là người Mã Lai hay Inđô? Person B: Tôi là người Inđô.
Person A: Are you from Malaysia or Indonesia? Person B: I'm from Indonesia.
In-đô-nê-xi-a là một quốc gia xinh đẹp.
Indonesia is a beautiful country.

Chi and Tuấn are talking about their vacation plans.

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