what is the language used in indonesia?
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 Indonesian is based on the prestige dialect of Malay , that of the Johor @-@ Riau Sultanate , which for centuries had been the lingua franca of the archipelago . It is the official language of Singapore , Malaysia and Brunei . Indonesian is universally taught in schools and consequently is spoken by nearly every Indonesian . It is the language of business , politics , national media , education , and academia . 

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 Indonesian was promoted by Indonesian nationalists in the 1920s , and declared the official language under the name Bahasa Indonesia in the proclamation of independence in 1945 . Most Indonesians speak at least one of several hundred local languages and dialects , often as their first language . In comparison , Papua has over 270 indigenous Papuan and Austronesian languages , in a region of about 2 @.@ 7 million people . Javanese is the most widely spoken local language , as it is the language of the largest ethnic group . 

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 Languages not indigenous to the islands are also taught in select schools . Mandarin is used in Chinese schools catering to the Chinese Filipino community . Islamic schools in Mindanao teach Modern Standard Arabic in their curriculum . French , German , Japanese , Korean , Spanish are taught with the help of foreign linguistic institutions . The Department of Education began teaching the Malay languages of Indonesian and Malaysian in 2013 . 

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 More than 700 regional languages are spoken in Indonesia 's numerous islands . Most belong to the Austronesian language family , with a few Papuan languages also spoken . The official language is Indonesian ( also known as Bahasa Indonesia ) a variant of Malay , which was used in the archipelago . It borrows heavily from local languages such as Javanese , Sundanese , Minangkabau , etc . Indonesian is primarily used in commerce , administration , education and the media , but most Indonesians speak other languages , such as Javanese , as their first language . 

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 Indonesia consists of hundreds of distinct native ethnic and linguistic groups . The largest – and politically dominant – ethnic group are the Javanese . A shared identity has developed , defined by a national language , ethnic diversity , religious pluralism within a Muslim @-@ majority population , and a history of colonialism and rebellion against it . Indonesia 's national motto , " Bhinneka Tunggal Ika " ( " Unity in Diversity " literally , " many , yet one " ) , articulates the diversity that shapes the country . Despite its large population and densely populated regions , Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support the world 's second highest level of biodiversity . The country has abundant natural resources like oil and natural gas , tin , copper and gold . Agriculture mainly produces rice , tea , coffee , spices and rubber . Indonesia 's major trading partners are Japan , the United States and the surrounding nations of Singapore , Malaysia and Australia . 
