17/03/2021
FACTS AND HISTORY OF BAHASA INDONESIA PART II
The official language of Indonesia is Bahasa Indonesian. Bahasa Indonesia is virtually the same as Bahasa Malaysian (also known as Bahasa Melayu or Malay).
Most Indonesia speak the language of their ethnic group or island as their first language, at home and with members of their group and speak Bahasa Indonesian in public and when talking to members of other groups.
Bahasa Indonesian is understood in all but the most remote villages. It is universally taught in schools and is spoken by nearly every Indonesian in business, politics, national media, education and academia.
Indonesians speak hundreds of languages, as may as 700 alone in Irian Jaya by some counts. Most languages are linked to ethnic groups such as the Javanese, Batak, Sudanese, Dayak, Toraja and Buginese.
According to everyculture.com: “Indonesia's languages are not mutually intelligible, though some subgroups are more similar than others (as Europe's Romance languages are closer to each other than to Germanic ones, though both are of the Indo-European family). Some language subgroups have sub-subgroups, also not mutually intelligible, and many have local dialects. Two languages—one in north Halmahera, one in West Timor—are non-Austronesian and, like Basque in Europe, are not related to other known languages. Also, the very numerous languages of Papua are non-Austronesian.” [Source: everyculture.com ]
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