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  2. Betawi language - Wikipedia

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    Betawi Malay is a popular informal language in contemporary Indonesia, used as the base of Indonesian slang and commonly spoken in Jakarta TV soap operas and some animated cartoons (e.g. Adit Sopo Jarwo). [2] The name "Betawi" stems from Batavia, the official name of Jakarta during the era of the Dutch East Indies. Colloquial Jakarta Indonesian ...

  3. Languages of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Sundanese language, spoken in West Java, Banten and Jakarta. Balinese language, spoken in Bali. Madurese language, spoken in Madura, Bawean and surrounding islands off the coast of Java. Sasak language, spoken in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Barito languages: Ma'anyan language, closely related to the Malagasy language spoken in Madagascar.

  4. Indonesian slang - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian slang vernacular (Indonesian: bahasa gaul, Betawi: basa gaul), or Jakarta colloquial speech (Indonesian: bahasa informal, bahasa sehari-hari) is a term that subsumes various urban vernacular and non-standard styles of expression used throughout Indonesia that are not necessarily mutually intelligible.

  5. Leipzig–Jakarta list - Wikipedia

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    The word list is named after the cities of Leipzig, Germany, and Jakarta, Indonesia, the places where the list was conceived and created. In the 1950s, the linguist Morris Swadesh published a list of 200 words called the Swadesh list, allegedly the 200 lexical concepts found in all languages that were least likely to be borrowed from other ...

  6. Comparison of Indonesian and Standard Malay - Wikipedia

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    The rift of evolution between the two languages is based more on political nuance and the history of their formation than on cultural reasons. As a result, views regarding each other's languages differ amongst Malaysians and Indonesians. In Malaysia, the national language is Malay; in Indonesia, it is Indonesian.

  7. List of languages by total number of speakers in Indonesia

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    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

  8. Indonesian language - Wikipedia

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    Rencong alphabet, native writing systems found in central and South Sumatra.The text reads (Voorhoeve's spelling): "haku manangis ma / njaru ka'u ka'u di / saru tijada da / tang [hitu hadik sa]", which is translated by Voorhoeve as: "I am weeping, calling you; though called, you do not come" (in modern Malay "Aku menangis, menyerukan engkau, kaudiseru, tiada datang [itu adik satu]").

  9. Orang Pulo language - Wikipedia

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    The Orang Pulo language (logat Orang Pulo), alternatively known as Melayu Campuran (Mixed Malay) or Melayu Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands Malay), [1] is a Malay-based creole spoken by the Orang Pulo people inhabiting the Thousand Islands off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia.