Languages of Indonesia

Languages of Indonesia
Sign in Yogyakarta encouraging people to prioritize the Indonesian language
OfficialIndonesian
Regional
Foreign
SignedIndonesian Sign Language
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More than 700 living languages are spoken in Indonesia.[1] This figure indicates that Indonesia has about 10% of the world's languages,[2] establishing its reputation as the second most linguistically diverse nation in the world after Papua New Guinea.[3] Most languages belong to the Austronesian language family, while there are over 270 Papuan languages spoken in eastern Indonesia.[4] The language most widely spoken as a native language is Javanese.

Languages in Indonesia are classified into nine categories: national language, locally used indigenous languages, regional lingua francas, foreign and additional languages, heritage languages, languages in the religious domain, English as a lingua franca, and sign languages.[5][6]

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (2009), Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.), SIL International, retrieved 17 November 2009
  2. ^ Florey 2010, pp. 121–140.
  3. ^ "What Countries Have the Most Languages?". Ethnologue. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ Simons & Fennig 2018.
  5. ^ Zein 2020, pp. 27–63.
  6. ^ "Indonesia". The World Factbook. CIA. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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