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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
Ranked Everyday language group number % 1 Javanese: 68,044,660 31.79 2 Indonesian: 42,682,566 19.94 3 Sundanese: 32,412,752 15.14 4 Malay: 7,901,386 3.69
[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]
Bati language (Indonesia) Batuley language; Bedoanas language; Beginci language; Belitung Malay; Benggoi language; Bengkulu language; Betawi language; Biatah language; Bible translations into the languages of Indonesia and Malaysia; Bilba language; Bima language; Blagar language; Bobot language; Brebes Sundanese; Bukar–Sadong language; Bukat ...
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]
The following is a partial list of English words of Indonesian origin. The loanwords in this list may be borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from the Indonesian language . Some words may also be borrowed from Malay during the British colonial period in British Malaya , or during the short period of British rule in Java .
The official language, Indonesian, is a variant of Malay based on its prestige dialect that became the archipelago's lingua franca over the course of centuries. [ g ] It was first promoted by nationalists in the 1920s and gained official status in 1945 following independence under the name Bahasa Indonesia , [ 259 ] and has since been widely ...
Dang (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean surname. It can also be found in both Hindus and Sikhs of the Punjab region in the north-western India (in Punjabi, ਡਾੰਗ). [ citation needed ]