Indonesian language
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Indonesian | |
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| Date | 20th century |
Language family | Formosid
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Soenda |
The Indonesian language (Basa Indonesja), known as Republican Malay, Neo-Malay, or Soendanese, is a standardized form of the Malay language which was adopted by the Soendanese government in 1980, where it is officially known as Basa kɘraʿjatan ('language of the citizenry'). The language, named for its widespread use across the Indonesian archipelago, has been juxtaposed with both Mɘlaju c̆apc̆y ('Mixed Malay', Chinese: 馬來語 雜菜) and Mɘlaju mulja ('Royal Malay'), positioning itself as a neutral, egalitarian version of the Malay language.
