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. With over 280 … 展开

Malay historical linguists agree on the likelihood of the Malay homeland being in western Borneo stretching to the Bruneian coast. A form known as … 展开

Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia, and its use is encouraged throughout the Indonesian archipelago. It is regulated in Chapter XV, 展开

Vowels
Indonesian has six vowel phonemes as shown in the table below.
In standard Indonesian … 展开

Early kingdoms era
Standard Indonesian is a standard language of "Riau Malay", which despite its common name is not based on the vernacular Malay dialects … 展开

In 2020, Indonesian had 71.9 million native speakers and 176.5 million second-language speakers, who speak it alongside their local mother tongue, giving a total number of speakers … 展开

As regulated by Indonesian state law UU No 24/2009, other than state official speeches and documents between or issued to Indonesian … 展开