Build International Language Road Map

The Indonesian language, which has its roots in the Malay language, has developed rapidly with its lexicon enriched by local and foreign vernaculars.

KOMPAS/WAWAN H PRABOWO

The billboard contains an invitation to prioritize the use of Indonesian on the edge of Jalan Poros Palopo - Makassar, Parepare, South Sulawesi, Thursday (28/12/2017).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The Indonesian language has the potential to become a primary language in Southeast Asia, even an international language. The number of Indonesian speakers is quite significant, and they are spread out across several countries and regions. A road map to promote Indonesian as a language for international communication should be developed.

E. Aminudin Aziz, head of the Language Cultivation and Development Agency at the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry, said on Wednesday (27/4/2022) that the Indonesian language had great potential to be spoken internationally because of the high interest among foreign nationals in learning Indonesian. There were some 143,000 Indonesian-speaking foreigners (BIPA) who were active learners in 49 countries, including Spain, the United States, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Japan.