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Indonesian
A language of Indonesia (Java and Bali)
ISO 639-3: indLewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.
| Population | 22,800,000 in Indonesia (2000). Population total all countries: 23,187,680. |
| Region | Widespread in Indonesia. Also in Netherlands, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United States. |
| Alternate names | Bahasa Indonesia |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East, Malayic, Malay |
| Language use | Official language. Over 140,000,000 L2 speakers. |
| Language development | Fully developed. Bible: 1974–2000. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. Latin script. |
| Comments | Reportedly modeled on Riau Malay [zlm] of northeast Sumatra. Has regional variants. Over 80% cognate with Standard Malay [zsm]. Muslim. |
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