Sunday, November 25, 2007

INDONESIAN LANGUAGE AND DIALECTS IN BINTAN ISLAND

There are over 550 languages and dialects spoken in Indonesian Most of them belong to all the different ethnic groups of the unique population.
Bahasa Indonesia is the official national language which is simular to malay, written in Roman script and based on European orthography.
In all tourist destination areas of Tanjungpinang and Bintan Island English is the number one foreign language fairly spoken and writer.
Some of the distinctly different local languages are: Acehnese, Batak, Sundanese, Javanese, Sasak, Tetum of Timor, Dayak, Minahasa, Toraja, Buginese, Halmahera, Ambonese, Ceramese, and several Irianese languages. To make the picture even more colorful, these languages are also spoken in different dialects.

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