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Acehnesian Official Language Essay

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Indonesia, a southeast Asian country located between Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. The country had 258 million populations, living in more than 17500 islands (European Commission 2012). Due to the geographical reason, different islands in Indonesia developed its different culture and language. There’s variety of languages used in Indonesia. Besides Bahasa Indonesian (official language of Indonesia), Javanese, Acehnese, Bahasa Minangkabau and Hakka are also some of the popular language use in some part of the country. Dutch and English are the general foreign languages. How came the Bahasa Indonesian got the status of official language? There would be detailed explanation in this essay.

Before the discussion, we should know what is Bahasa Indonesian. Originally, Bahasa Indonesian is a dialect of Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) from Kepulauan Riau (a province located at northwest Indonesia). …show more content…

Aceh was one of them. Since some of the Acehnese used to oppose the establish of independent Indonesia, Sukarno always had wariness for this region. He reneged the promise for the Acehnese to have autonomy. This resulted in the Acehnese Rebellion from 1953 to 1959. The West Timor also opposed the independence of Indonesia. Some West Timor people would like to unite the province with Portuguese Timor (East Timor). In order to response to the rose of localism and independent movement inside the country, the government promote the language and other cultural education. The ministry of education, instruction and culture was founded with its first minister, Soewandi. The new institution sought to create an education that is anti-discriminatory, elitist and capitalist, in order to ‘promote nationalism of the new republic of Indonesia’ (Stephen and Bjork 2005). The intention of the government was clear: to enhance the patriotism of the

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