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Indonesian language
(
Bahasa Indonesia
) is the national and official language of
Indonesia
and is used in the entire country. It is a form of the
Malay language
. It is the language of official communication, taught in schools and used for broadcast in electronic and digital media. Being the top
multilingual
(especially
trilingual
)
[3]
[4]
country in the world, most
Indonesians
also speak their own ethnic or native languages, with the most widely spoken being
Javanese
and
Sundanese
which consequently give huge influence into the Indonesian language itself.
[5]
[6]
With huge speakers throughout the country as well as by the diaspora who live abroad, Indonesian language is listed as one of the most spoken languages worldwide.
[7]
Indonesian language also officially taught and used in schools, universities, and institutions
worldwide
, especially in
Australia
,
Netherlands
,
Japan
,
South Korea
,
Timor Leste
,
Vietnam
,
Taiwan
,
United States of America
,
United Kingdom
, etc.
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
Having a long-established historical ties with
European
countries since the colonialism era, some of Indonesian terms has absorbed into some European languages, mainly the
Dutch
and
English
.
[18]
Indonesian language itself also has numerous
loanwords
which derived from the European languages, mainly from the
Dutch
,
Portuguese
,
Spanish
, and
English
. Indonesian language also has
loanwords
derived from
Sanskrit
,
Chinese
, and
Arabic
which diffused in Indonesian due to the trade and religious-based activities that had been done since ancient times within the Indonesian archipelago region.
- ↑
Indonesian
at
Ethnologue
(16th ed., 2009)
- ↑
"East Timor Languages"
.
www.easttimorgovernment.com
. Archived from
the original
on 4 March 2016
. Retrieved
21 March
2016
.
- ↑
"Indonesia is The Most Trilingual Country in The World"
.
- ↑
"Indonesia Ranks As The Top Trilingual Country In The World"
. 2021.
- ↑
"Indonesian (language)"
.
Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia
.
- ↑
Poedjosoedarmo, Soepomo.
"Javanese influence on Indonesian"
. The Australian National University.
- ↑
"The Most Spoken Languages Worldwide"
.
statista.com
. Statista. 2021.
- ↑
"Indonesian Language Officially Taught at Vietnam National University"
.
english.vietnamnet.vn
. Archived from
the original
on 2022-07-01
. Retrieved
2021-09-13
.
- ↑
"Indonesian, Thai, and Spanish language versions of the 'Marugoto (A1) Japanese Online Course' are now available"
.
kansai.jpf.go.jp
. Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai. Archived from
the original
on 2021-09-13
. Retrieved
2021-09-13
.
- ↑
"The Indonesian, Vietnamese and Thai Language Courses"
.
cltr.asia.edu.tw
. Taiwan (Republic of China): Center for the Development of Language Teaching and Research, Asia University. Archived from
the original
on 2021-09-13
. Retrieved
2021-09-13
.
- ↑
"Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language)"
.
sas.fas.harvard.edu
. Harvard University: Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
- ↑
"Cambridge IGCSE Indonesian - Foreign Language"
.
cambridgeinternational.org
. Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Archived from
the original
on 2021-09-13
. Retrieved
2021-09-13
.
- ↑
"Indonesian Studies"
.
arts.adelaide.edu.au
. The University of Adelaide, Australia.
- ↑
"Indonesia's geographic proximity and strategic importance to Australia make it vital to understand its peoples, politics, history, languages and cultures"
.
The University of Melbourne
. 6 October 2020.
- ↑
"Indonesian studies"
. Monash University, Australia.
- ↑
Hamish Curry (18 March 2021).
"Teaching Indonesian in Australian Schools"
.
The University of Melbourne
.
- ↑
"Department of Indonesian Studies"
.
www.sydney.edu.au
. The University of Sydney, Australia.
- ↑
"Global Importance of Indonesia and the Indonesian Language"
. 2018.