What language do they speak in Indonesia?
Not surprisingly, they speak Indonesian. Official Indonesian is a sort of artificial language constructed from the thousands of dialects across Indonesia. It is closest to Malay; one could make the analogy Malay:Indonesian as British English:North American English. As such, it is designed to be simple to learn. It uses the Roman alphabet, there is no conjugation, and the rule of thumb is “keep it simple”. For example, “I’m going to go to the store later” reduces to “Later I to store”. Luckily for me, it’s not too hard to pick up.
Not surprisingly, they speak Indonesian. It is similar to Malay; one could make the analogy Malay:Indonesian as British English:North American English. As such, it is designed to be simple to learn. It uses the Roman alphabet, there is no conjugation, and the rule of thumb is “keep it simple”. For example, “I’m going to go to the store later” reduces to “Later I to store”. Luckily for me, it’s not too hard to pick up.
