Indonesian Speaking Countries

Indonesian Countries

Indonesian is one of the important languages. Indonesian countries are the countries where Indonesian is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Indonesian countries are the countries where Indonesian is main language. In Indonesian countries, all the official documents are written in Indonesian language. In Indonesian speaking countries, various Indonesian Dialects are spoken. Each Indonesian dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Indonesian speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Indonesian Language.

Indonesian national language and Indonesian as a Second Language

Indonesian speaking countries include both countries with Indonesian national language and Indonesian as a second language. Check if Indonesian language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

Compare Indonesian speaking countries with spanish speaking countries on Indonesian vs Spanish.

Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

The Indonesian countries mentioned under Indonesian Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Indonesian language.

Indonesian as minority language

Countries with Indonesian as minority language are also included in Indonesian speaking countries.

Along with Indonesian speaking countries check out Indonesian speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

You can also explore more about all Oceania Languages which are spoken in Oceania Continent.

Indonesian Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Indonesian language are Indonesian regulators. Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. The regulatory bodies of Indonesian lie in Indonesian speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Indonesian:

• The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
• In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

The Indonesian language is derived from Malay and Dutch Languages and is closely related to Malay language.