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The Indonesian language serves as the national and official language, the language of education, communication, transaction and trade documentation, the development of national culture, science, technology, and mass media. It also serves as a vehicle of communication among the provinces and different regional cultures in the country. [74]
[12] [13] [14] The Indonesian language is primarily used in commerce, administration, education and the media, and thus nearly every Indonesian speaks the language to varying degrees of proficiency. [15] Most Indonesians speak other languages, such as Javanese, as their first language. [2] This makes plurilingualism a norm in Indonesia. [15]
Indonesian Sign Language: inl 6a 810,000 Scattered: Java and Bali, especially Jakarta. 28 Chinese, Min Nan: nan 8a 766,000 Bali, Java, Kalimantan, and Sumatra provinces: scattered. 29 Uab Meto: aoz 5 700,000 East Nusa Tenggara province: most of west Timor island. 30 Batak Mandailing: btm 6b 691,000
In Indonesia, however, there is a clear distinction between "Malay language" (bahasa Melayu) and "Indonesian" (bahasa Indonesia). Indonesian is the national language which serves as the unifying language of Indonesia; despite being a standardized form of Malay, it is not referred to with the term "Malay" in common parlance. [18]
Indonesian singers by language (5 C) A. Acehnese language (2 P) B. Balinese language (1 C, 9 P) Articles containing Batak Karo-language text (6 P) Batak languages (3 ...
The culture of Indonesia (Indonesian: Budaya Indonesia) has been shaped by the interplay of indigenous customs and diverse foreign influences.With over 600 distinct ethnic groups, including significant Austronesian and Melanesian cultures, contributing to its rich traditions, languages, and customs, Indonesia is a melting pot of diversity.
Most Bugis people speak a distinct regional language called Bugis (Basa Ugi) in addition to Indonesian. The Bugis language belongs to the South Sulawesi language group; other members include Makassarese, Torajan, Mandarese [12] and Massenrempulu. The name Bugis is an exonym which represents an older form of the name; (To) Ugi is the endonym. [13]
Gaul Indonesian or Colloquial Indonesian is the informal register of the Indonesian language that emerged in the 1980s and continues to evolve to this day. According to the Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language (KBBI), colloquial language is defined as 'a non-formal dialect of Indonesian used by certain communities for socialization'.