How much local
languages listed in Indonesia?
Indonesia consists of 17,508
islands, it is the world''s largest
archipelagic state. This country have so many ethnics group and culture
and there`are 731 local/indigenous/native
languages listed for
Indonesia, as reflected Indonesia''s national motto "Bhineka Tunggal
Ika" or "Unity in Diversity".
Quote from page: 1 Of those, 726 are living languages, 2 are second languages without mother tongue speaker, and 3 are extinct.
This book showing complete list of languages in Indonesia.
Authors of this book hoped that this publication will serve to increase
awareness of the many languages spoken throughout the
islands of
Indonesia.