The information gap between urban Australia and rural Indonesia

When the COVID-19 pandemic really took off in March 2020, I called my parents, who live in a village in West Nusa Tenggara (WNT) province. I asked them how the people in my village were preparing themselves to stem the spread of the virus.

Numbers in some Indonesian Languages.

All except for Indonesian, Banjarese and Minangkabau, which use the Latin script, have their own scripts but resources are limited to English speakers - source recommendations appreciated

Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and is in the Malay subgroup of the Malayic family in the Malayo-Sumbawan group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch.

Javanese is spoken on the central and eastern side of the island of Java and is in the Malayo-Polynesian branch. It is written in the Javanese script.

Sundanese is spoken on the west side of the island of Java. It is in the Lampung-Sunda family of the Malayo-Sumbawan group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch. It is typically written in the Sundanese script.

Minangkabau is spoken on the west side of the island of Sumatra. It is also in the Malayic family from the Malayo-Sumbawan group. It can be written in both the Latin and the Jawi script.

Buginese is spoken on the southwestern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi. It is in the South Sulawesi branch of the Malayo-Polynesian family and uses Lontara script.

Banjarese is spoken in the south of the island of Borneo. It is also in the Malayic family, and uses the Latin or Jawi script.

Balinese is spoken on the island of Bali. It is in the Bali-Sasak family of the Malayo-Sumbawan group. The Balinese script is used, although infrequently as Latin script use is now more common.