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Indonesian language
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| Indonesian | |
|---|---|
| Bahasa Indonesia | |
| Native to | Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Brunei East Timor (as a "working language") |
| Native speakers | 23 million (2000)[1] Over 140 million L2 speakers |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin (Indonesian alphabet) |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Brunei |
| Regulated by | Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | id |
| ISO 639-2 | ind |
| ISO 639-3 | ind |
Indonesian language (Indonesian/Malay: Bahasa Indonesia) is the official and national language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a standardized form of the Malay language, and it is spoken in Indonesia. However, Indonesian has considerable differences between the standard Malay spoken in Malaysia and the Malays living in Thailand and Singapore.
It is spoken as a second language or first by most natives living in the country, because they use a regional one (such as Javanese). However, Indonesia's education, media and communication all use Bahasa Indonesia.
The language's official name is Bahasa Indonesia (language of Indonesia), which is also used in English. It is also referred to as "Indonesian".
References
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Indonesian language edition. |
- ↑ Indonesian at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
