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At the end of WW2 Indonesia needed an official language. Instead of picking Javanese, they picked a language spoken by relatively few people because of its simp
by ArtDev 10y ago
At the end of WW2 Indonesia needed an official language. Instead of picking Javanese, they picked a language spoken by relatively few people because of its simplicity.
Indonesians are all bi or trilingual.
Indonesian is the worlds simplest language. It should be the official world language!
- billforsternz 10y agoThere is something delightfully charming about this idea, I love it. I had a friend who spent some time in Indonesia and told me how it was possible to pick useful language skills in days.
- ArtDev 10y agoAfter high school, I saved up and spend 4 months traveling across Indonesia. I was almost fluent in it by the time I made it to Sumatra.