indTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ind
The table below provides technical details for the Indonesian language, designated by the ind code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Indonesian Native Bahasa Indonesia |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Standard IndonesianJakarta IndonesianMedan IndonesianPalembang IndonesianManado Indonesian |
| Related languages | Malaysian MalayMinangkabauBanjarBruneian MalayIban |
| Key facts | Codified under the 1928 Youth Pledge that formally named the languageBased on the classical trade Malay once centered in the Riau-Lingga archipelagoDutch is the single largest source of loanwords, followed by Sanskrit and ArabicHistorically written in Arabic-derived Jawi and Pegon scripts before Latin script became dominantSpoken natively by only a minority of its users, with second-language speakers vastly outnumbering natives |
| Sample phrase | Halo, apa kabar? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Indonesian language, identified by the code ind, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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