Indonesian language
Indonesian language (Indonesian: 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]
| Indonesian | |
|---|---|
| Bahasa Indonesia (lit. Indonesian language) | |
| Native to |  Indonesia Malaysia Timor-Leste Papua New Guinea |
| Native speakers | ~300 million (2020)[1] Over 140 million L2 speakers |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin (Indonesian alphabet) |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Indonesia
 ASEAN |
| Recognised minority language in | East Timor (Used when trading with Indonesia)[2] United Nations (used in UN peacekeeping missions) |
| Regulated by | Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | id |
| ISO 639-2 | ind |
| ISO 639-3 | ind |
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 Language Media
Indonesian, known natively as Bahasa Indonesia, is spoken by more than 150 million people, primarily in the archipelago nation of Indonesia, where it is the only official language, and also by diaspora communities worldwide. A standardized variant of Riau Malay, it has long been the lingua franca of the Indonesian archipelago, but only grew as a widely-spoken mother tongue after Indonesia's independence in 1945.
Rencong alphabet, native writing systems found in central and South Sumatra. The text reads (Voorhoeve's spelling): "haku manangis ma / njaru ka'u ka'u di / saru tijada da / tang [hitu hadik sa]", which is translated by Voorhoeve as: "I am weeping, calling you; though called, you do not come" (in modern Malay "Aku menangis, menyerukan engkau, kaudiseru, tiada datang [itu adik satu]").
Kedukan Bukit Inscription, written in Pallava script, is the oldest surviving specimen of the Old Malay language.
For centuries, Srivijaya, through its expansion, economic power and military prowess, was responsible for the widespread of Old Malay throughout the Malay Archipelago. It was the working language of traders and it was used in various ports, and marketplaces in the region.
Volksraad session held in July 1938 in Jakarta, where Indonesian was formally used for the first time by Jahja Datoek Kajo
The Youth Pledge was the result of the Second Youth Congress held in Batavia in October 1928. On the last pledge, there was an affirmation of Indonesian language as a unifying language throughout the archipelago.
Road signs in an airport terminal
Kuta, Bali, Indonesia: Toll gate Nusa Dua.
Indonesian language used on a Kopaja bus advertisement
Location where Indonesian language seen as the business language which taught in schools, colleges, universities, institutions, etc.
References
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Indonesian language edition. |
- ↑ 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.