on the language style and context. Emphasis Word order is frequently modified for focus or emphasis, with the focused word usually placed at the beginning of the clause and followed by a slight pause (a break in intonation): Saya pergi ke pasar kemarin "I went to the market yesterday" – neutral, or with focus on the subject. Kemarin saya pergi ke pasar "Yesterday I went to the market" – emphasis on yesterday. Ke pasar saya pergi, kemarin "To the market I went yesterday" – emphasis on where I went yesterday. Pergi ke pasar, saya, kemarin "To the market went I yesterday" – emphasis on the process of going to the market. The last two are more likely to be encountered in speech than in writing. Measure words Another distinguishing feature of Indonesian is its use of measure words, also called classifiers (kata penggolong). In this way, it is similar to many other languages of Asia, including Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, and Bengali. Measure words are also found in English such as two head of cattle or a loaf of bread, where *two cattle and a bread would be ungrammatical. The word satu reduces to se- , as it does in other compounds: Example: Measure words are not necessary just to say "a": burung "a bird, birds". Using se- plus a measure word is closer to English "one" or "a certain": Ada seekor burung yang bisa berbicara "There was a (certain) bird that could talk" Writing system Indonesian is written with the Latin script. It was originally based on the Dutch spelling and still bears some similarities to it. Consonants are represented in a way similar to Italian, although is always (like English ), is always ("hard") and represents as it does in English. In addition, represents the palatal nasal , is used for the velar nasal (which can occur word-initially), for (English ) and for the voiceless velar fricative . Both and are represented with . Spelling changes in the language that have occurred since Indonesian independence include: Introduced in 1901, the van Ophuijsen system (named from the advisor of the system, Charles Adriaan van Ophuijsen) was the first standardization of romanized spelling. It was most influenced by the then current Dutch spelling system. In 1947, the spelling was changed into Republican Spelling or Soewandi Spelling (named by at the time Minister of Education, Soewandi). This spelling changed formerly