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They arrived before the Dutch (VOC) took over in the 17th century, in search of lucrative spices such as nutmeg and left their small Guitars behind, still played on every street corner. Portuguese words that have survived in Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) are fiesta (pesta), sapatu (sepatu) [shoe] and dominggo (minggu) [Sunday].
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Was Indonesia a Portuguese colony?
No. But East Timor was colonized by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal's decolonization of the country. In late 1975, East Timor declared its independence, but later that year was invaded and occupied by Indonesia and was declared Indonesia's 27th province the following year. In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory and East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on May 20, 2002.
Which groups were the FIRST European settlers in Indonesia?
dutch and portuguese
Which European countries came to Indonesia?
The British, the Dutch and the Portuguese,
Who took over Indonesia?
Portuguese, British, Dutch, and Japanese.
What art of Indonesia do they speak Portuguese?
The Timor island is divided between Indonesia and east Timor. The Timor island was a former Portuguese colony and as such have adopted the language, with East Timor having it as its official language.
When did the dutch colonized Indonesia?
the Portuguese discovered Indonesia in 1512, no the dutch. Indonesia was colonized by the dutch in 1603 to 1942. Indonesia was colonized by the dutch for about 300 years!
What country began to colonize Indonesia in the early seventeenth century?
The Netherlands began to colonize Indonesia in the early seventeenth century.
In what century was Cape Verde discovered by the Portuguese?
Cape Verde was discovered by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century (in 1462 to be precise).
In Which century did portuguese merchant first land in Goa?
IN 13th century
What eouropean countrie colonised Indonesia?
Portuguese, England (1811-1816), Netherland, and Japan.
Which language came first- Spanish or Portuguese?
Portuguese evolved first from Galician-Portuguese in the 12th century in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish, as a distinct language, emerged later in the 13th century in the central region of the Iberian Peninsula.
In what year did the dutch came to Indonesia?
1509 Portuguese came to Indonesia to monopoly the spices and Dutch came along at 1595 to make the Portuguese leave and colonized Indonesia for almost 400years,,but thanks to some of Japanese soldier that came and help Indonesia fight for freedom even though some of communist japan killing some off Indonesian too,,,MERDEKA!!
