Well, I tried to makes fun of you missing the million unit there, hah.
And to be honest there’s virtually no one actually speak formal Indonesian in daily life beside media/government stuff. Excluding the capital most city will speak their regional language especially older folks.
It’s always funny hearing newly learned non-native because the grammar is so easy and consistent but they sound like a rigid ancient soap drama to my ear.
Well, around 300 million people speaks Indonesian. Soo, if looking at raw speaker count, Indonesian can be categorized as ubiquitous.
300 didn’t seem like much tbh. Source: am Indonesian, or as we called it Komodos
Well, when you compare it to German, Japanese. Indonesian can have a lot of speakers when you’re comparing raw quantity of speakers.
Edit: IIRC German have around 200 million speakers.
Well, I tried to makes fun of you missing the million unit there, hah.
And to be honest there’s virtually no one actually speak formal Indonesian in daily life beside media/government stuff. Excluding the capital most city will speak their regional language especially older folks.
It’s always funny hearing newly learned non-native because the grammar is so easy and consistent but they sound like a rigid ancient soap drama to my ear.