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