Different Places, Different Languages, Different Accents

Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
March 2nd, 2017

90% of Indonesian people understand Bahasa Indonesia, but mostly Indonesian people use one of 748 local languages as their first language, and every langauge has an accent. For examples, in Java, there are more than ten local languages are used by Javanese. Province of Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java use Javanese language as their mother tongue. But, every city has different accent too, just like Surabaya and Banyumas. They have different dialects in speaking Javanese language, as well as Yogyakarta and Cirebon. They are speaking in Javanese language, but they are using different accents.Some areas in West Java use Javanese langauge as their first language too. Another case with Nusa Tenggara Islands. Even though Nusa Tenggara Islands are only small islands in Indonesia, they have almost 80 local languages! The commonest langauge in Nusa Tenggara is Bali language. About 3,300,000 people use Bali language as their first language. In West Nusa Tenggara, Dompu language is used in Dompu and Bada. But in Bada, people use Dompu language in different accent and even in different words. In Sumatran, there are 35 local languages, in Sulawesi there are 144 local languages, and in Papua there are 300 local langauges! Overall, Indonesian people likely use local languages as their first language.


Source:
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_bahasa_di_Indonesia
http://blog.anashir.com/2012/11/bahasa-daerah-dengan-penutur-terbanyak.htmls
https://plus.google.com/+FarhanPerdana/posts/fgp4QU1z6Ab