Indonesian an Easy Language?

People will tell you that Bahasa Indonesia is an easy language to learn, and it might be, if it wasn’t always overlapping and intertwined with many other languages that are commonly used in Indonesia.

One of the challenges of living in Indonesia is that, with over 700 living languages, there is a continual struggle to maintain clear communications. As the language of one village overlaps that of another, there’s inevitably going to be a mixing of languages, as well as many spelling variations. There are also 300 ethnic groups, which have many different accents. And, with Islam being the predominate religion, there is always the Arabic language that you will continually come into contact with. Indonesians have accepted this variety as a way of life. For the foreigner that has come to work, and must first learn the national language, it’s a real struggle.

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