Republic of Indonesia consists of about 17 thousand islands grow in diversity. Ethnicity, religion, race, culture and language. Maybe hard to find his equal throughout the earth in terms of diversity.
Pluralism is, perhaps, is the strength and the glue of this republic in the nation. Behold, the people of Indonesia there is a yellow-skinned, brown, even black. All grow together.
It must be admitted, on his way, Indonesia is also characterized antarkaum riots, interreligious, and between socioeconomic strata. But that was not also able to cleave the building as a unitary republic. Unity in Diversity.
October 28, 1928, the youth of Indonesia has declared his determination is entitled 'oath of youth', one of which is an agreement to use one language, namely the Indonesian language. But it is not meaningful, the Indonesian people should not use another language. In this archipelago there are 742 Persada regional languages used by residents tempatan. People carry on using the Java language Java, the Sundanese language Sundanese speaking with people talking to Padang Minang language.
240 million people with 742 languages. Great! Has there among us who care about this article? Any language that? Are there any among us who 'care' for studying and documenting this problem Indonesian native language? Experts may understand the language of article number and area of distribution. But whether they've been doing research and document it scientifically?
Of the 742 languages, which spread from Sabang to Merauke, there are only 13 languages that the wearer is more than one million people. Its meaning there are only 729 languages used by residents tempatan which amount is less than 1 million. 169 In fact, such language is only used by less than 500 people, or perhaps in a simple language may be said that language is only used by residents of compatriot.
Those languages, of course, threatened with extinction if the government and we all do not care. Even he could become extinct without the historical record if there is no academic documentation.
Languages threatened with extinction, according to experts the Department of Linguistics, University of Indonesia, Multamia RMT Lauder, scattered in the region of Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Maluku and Papua. Language 'Lom' in Sumatra, for example, is only used by about 50 people. While the language of 'budong-budong' in Sulawesi is only used around 70 people,''dampal language 'is used by 90 residents,' bahonsai 'by 200 people,' leprosy 'by 250 people.
The gravity again, there is a language used only by one to three people. Gee, I could not even imagine. In a matter of days or months that language will disappear from history. Language 'hukumina' in the Moluccas, it is said, is only used by one person. Loh, so this language is used talking to whom?
Still in the Moluccas, the language of 'Kayeli' according to the records are only used by three people, while the language of 'kaela' is used by five people, 'Hoti' by 10 residents, 'hulung' by 10 people. S just the same money, aka the same condition, in Papua, formerly Irian Jaya, the language of 'mapia' is also used by one person only, while the language of 'tandia' pleh two people.
Of course there are many more other languages whose existence is not recognized. Perhaps the number of languages in this country more than a million. Who knows? Moreover, according Multamia, many of the languages that are only used by few people it is a language that has no writing.
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