Indonesian
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Wikipedia
Language families: Austronesian languages, Malayo-Polynesian languages, Malayic languages, and more
Spoken by: Indo people, Sundanese people, Malays, and more
Dialects: Colloquial Indonesian (especially Colloquial Jakarta Indonesian);
Early forms: Old Malay: Classical Malay (Riau Malay) > Pre-Modern Malay (Netherlands Indies Malay/Balai Pustaka Malay)
Native speakers: L1 speakers: 43 million (2010 census); L2 speakers: 156 million (2010 census); Total speakers: 300 million (2022)
Native to: Indonesia
Pronunciation: baˈha.sa in.doˈne.si.ja
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