First Czech textbook for learning Indonesian

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Title

en First Czech textbook for learning Indonesian

Date

1966

Description

en Miroslav Oplt was one of the first teachers of Malay and Indonesian in Czechoslovakia, and he wrote this first Czech textbook for learning Indonesian. Czech- Indonesian relations seem to have started as early as in the 50s. In 1956, Miroslav Oplt first traveled to Indonesia on the invitation of then President Sukarno, for whom he had acted as interpreter during the president’s visit to Prague.

keywords

Czech-Indonesian relations

Source

Mrázek, Jan. "Czech tropics." Archipel 86, no. 1 (2013): 155-190.