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Culture of Indonesia. There are 1,340 [1][2] recognised ethnic groups in Indonesia, making it one of the most diverse countries in the world. The vast majority of those belong to the Austronesian peoples, with a sizeable minority being Melanesians. [3][4][5][6] Indonesia has the world's largest number of Austronesians and Melanesians.
Indonesia includes numerous ethnic, cultural and linguistic groups, some of which are related to each other. Since independence, Indonesian is the language of most written communication, education, government, and business. Many local ethnic languages are the first language of most Indonesians and are still important.
Rank Ethnic group Population Percentage; 1 Javanese: 95,217,022 40.22 2 Sundanese: 36,701,670 15.5 3 Batak: 8,466,969 3.58 4 Sulawesi ethnic groups 7,634,262
With more than 100 million people, [20] Javanese people are the largest ethnic group in both Indonesia and in Southeast Asia as a whole. Their native language is Javanese, it is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers and also the largest regional language in Southeast Asia. [21]
Indonesians (Indonesian: orang Indonesia) are citizens or people who are identified with the country of Indonesia, [45] regardless of their ethnic or religious background. [46] [47] There are more than 1,300 ethnicities in Indonesia, [48] [49] making it a multicultural archipelagic country with a diversity of languages, culture and religious beliefs.
Chinese Indonesians (Indonesian: Orang Tionghoa Indonesia), or simply Orang Tionghoa or Tionghoa, [7] are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of Overseas Chinese in the world after Thailand, Malaysia, and the United States.
Lamaholot people. Lampung people. Lani people. Lawangan people. Lebbo' people. Lembak people. Lindu people. Lisela people. List of ethnic groups in Indonesia by population.
Native Indonesians, also known as Pribumi (lit. ' first on the soil ') or Bumiputra (lit. ' son on the soil '), are Indonesians whose ancestral roots lie mainly in the archipelago, comprising around 1,300 ethnic groups and predominantly of Austronesian and Melanesian descent. In contrast are Indonesians of known (partial) foreign descent, like ...