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Indonesian vocabulary has been influenced by various regional languages such as Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Balinese, Banjarese, Buginese, etc. and foreign languages such as Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese, and English. Many borrowed words have been adapted to fit the phonetic and grammatical rules of Indonesian.
With influences ranging from Portuguese, Dutch, Malay dialects, modern-day English and many other languages, Indonesian language, or Bahasa Indonesia, has a uniquely dynamic history. The Portuguese Eastern empire in 16th and 17th centuries with its capital in Goa, in all the Asian Subcontinents, East Africa, and in the Pacific.
Some major dialects include Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese, which are languages in their own right but have influenced the Indonesian spoken in their respective regions. Modern Usage and Trends Official and Educational Use. Indonesian is used in government, media, education, and other formal situations.
Role in society. Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. The standard dialect of Indonesia is that of the capital, Jakarta (island of Java). The Jakartan dialect has been influenced to some extent by Javanese and Sundanese, other two major languages of Indonesia. There is an 88.5% literacy rate. History.
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.
Oct 20, 2017 · The development of both oral and written usages of our national language Bahasa Indonesia – essentially a dialect of Malay, a major language of the Austronesian family – has occurred over...
Oct 27, 2017 · Published: October 27, 2017 5:39am EDT. Despite its tremendous language diversity, Indonesia as a nation is in favour of monolingualism. Approximately 700 languages are spoken across the...
