Sumatra
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Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2, includ
Minangkabau women carrying platters of food to a ceremony
Traditional house in Simalungun North Sumatra
Kedukan Bukit Inscription, using Pallava alphabet, is the oldest surviving specimen of the Old Malay language in South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh
Languages of Indonesia
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Indonesia is home to over 700 living languages spoken across its extensive archipelago. This significant linguistic variety constitutes approximately 10% of the world’s total languages, positioning In
The Kedukan Bukit inscription (7th century CE), found in South Sumatra, is the oldest surviving specimen of the Old Malay language, which later evolved into various dialects across the archipelago, one of which was standardized into modern Indonesian.
The Youth Pledge, a pledge made by Indonesian youth on October 28, 1928, defining the identity of the Indonesian nation. On the last pledge, there was an affirmation of Indonesian language as a unifying language throughout the archipelago.
The use of Dutch, Javanese and Malay in Java, Dutch East Indies
One of the Yupa inscriptions from Kutai, East Kalimantan, written in Sanskrit using the Tamil Grantha script.