The Indonesian Affix Counter scans Bahasa Indonesia text and reports how often each major prefix (imbuhan) appears. Indonesian is a strongly affixing language, and prefixes like me-, ber-, and di- carry grammatical meaning such as voice and verb formation. This tool gives teachers, linguists, and learners a quick statistical view of affix usage.
How it works
The counter checks each word against the surface forms of six productive prefixes:
- me- (the meN- prefix): me-, mem-, men-, meng-, meny-, menge-
- ber-: ber-, bel-, be-
- di-: di-
- ter-: ter-, te-
- ke-: ke-
- pe- (the peN- prefix): pe-, pem-, pen-, peng-, peny-, penge-
A prefix is only counted when a stem of at least three letters remains after it, which prevents the standalone prepositions di (at) and ke (to) from being miscounted as prefixes. Each word is attributed to a single leading prefix, so the per-prefix totals sum to the affixed-word count.
Example
In membaca the mem- form of meN- attaches to the root baca (read), so it counts toward me-. In diberikan the di- prefix counts toward di-, and bertanya counts toward ber-.
Notes
- Assimilation rules (meN- becoming meng- before vowels, mem- before b/p) are handled by listing all allomorphs.
- Suffixes such as -kan and -an are not counted here; this tool focuses on prefixes.