The 20 most spoken languages in Indonesia
The top 3 according to 183 votes from people: Indonesian · Sundanese · Javanese. (Updated Sep 8, 2023.)
Besides Indonesian, spoken by about 210 million people, Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese are the regional languages with the most native speakers. The 20 largest languages of Indonesia by number of speakers, based on Ethnologue and census figures (survey years vary).
Automatically translated (original in Bahasa Indonesia). See the original
Top 20
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1
Indonesian
About 210,000,000 speakers (including second-language speakers), figure from 2010.
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2
Sundanese
About 42,000,000 native speakers, figure from 2016.
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3
Javanese
About 84,300,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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4
Madurese
About 13,600,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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5
Buginese
About 5,000,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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6
Minangkabau
About 5,500,000 native speakers, figure from 2007.
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7
Makassarese
About 2,100,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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8
Betawi
About 2,700,000 native speakers, figure from 1993.
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9
Min Nan (Hokkien)
About 1,300,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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10
Balinese
About 3,300,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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11
Palembang Malay
About 3,900,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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12
Banjarese
About 3,500,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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13
Batak Toba
About 2,000,000 native speakers, figure from 1991.
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14
Ambonese Malay
About 1,900,000 native speakers, figure from 1987.
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15
Jambi Malay
About 1,000,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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16
Batak Dairi
About 1,200,000 native speakers, figure from 1991.
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17
Acehnese
About 3,500,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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18
Sasak
About 2,100,000 native speakers, figure from 1989.
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19
Batak Mandailing
About 1,100,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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20
Batak Simalungun
About 1,200,000 native speakers, figure from 2000.
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Comments (1)
Saya orang Bugis tapi lahir di Jakarta, jujur bahasa Bugis saya sudah pas-pasan. Sedih juga lihat banyak bahasa daerah makin jarang dipakai anak muda.