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  2. Languages of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Javanese is the most spoken indigenous language, with native speakers constituting 31.8% of the total population of Indonesia (as of 2010). [17] Javanese speakers are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of Java, and there are also sizable numbers in most provinces.

  3. List of multilingual countries and regions - Wikipedia

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    Many people in Indonesia are bilingual at an early age. They speak a local native language with their families whereas the official Indonesian language is used to communicate with people from other regions and is taught in schools as a compulsory subject. In Laos, Lao is the official language, but French is understood and used by government.

  4. Indonesian language - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Indonesia is sometimes improperly reduced to Bahasa, which refers to the Indonesian subject (Bahasa Indonesia) taught in schools, on the assumption that this is the name of the language. But the word bahasa (a loanword from Sanskrit Bhāṣā ) only means "language."

  5. Native Indonesians - Wikipedia

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    Native Indonesians, also known as Pribumi (lit. ' first on the soil ' ) or Bumiputra ( lit. ' son on the soil ' ), are Indonesians whose ancestral roots lie mainly in the archipelago and consist of various ethnic groups , predominantly of Austronesian and Melanesian descent.

  6. Names of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia is the common and official name to refer to the Republic of Indonesia or Indonesian archipelago; however, other names, such as Nusantara and East Indies are also known. Some names are considered obsolete and confined to certain periods of history, while some might be more geographically specific or general.

  7. Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia, [c] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [d] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands , including Sumatra , Java , Sulawesi , and parts of Borneo and New Guinea .

  8. Chinese Indonesians - Wikipedia

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    Under the New Order of President Suharto, citizens of Chinese descent were formally classified as "Indonesian citizens of foreign descent" (Warga Negara Indonesia keturunan asing). In public discourse, they were distinguished from native Indonesians as non -pribumi (lit., non-native).

  9. Ethnic groups in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Chinese: The most significant ethnic minority of foreign origin in Indonesia, officially amounting to around 2.8 million, with other sources estimating them at anywhere between 2 and 4 million. Chinese people began migrating to Indonesia in the 16th century, with significant waves in the 19th and 20th centuries.