Indonesian functions as the lingua franca for speakers of 700 various languages across the archipelago.Ĭonversely, many words of Malay-Indonesian origin have also been borrowed into English. Indonesian differs from the form of Malay used in Malaysia in a number of aspects, primarily due to the different influences both languages experienced and also due to the fact that the majority of Indonesians speak another language as their mother tongue. The Indonesian language has absorbed many loanwords from other languages, Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and other Austronesian languages. JSTOR ( September 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "List of loanwords in Indonesian" – news
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