More than 700 living
languages are spoken in
Indonesia. Most belong to the
Austronesian language family, with a few
Papuan languages also spoken. The official language is
Indonesian (locally known as
Bahasa Indonesia), a variant of
Malay, which was used in the archipelago, — borrowing heavily from local
languages of Indonesia such as Javanese, Sundanese and Minangkabau. The Indonesian language is primarily used in commerce, administration, education and the media, but most Indonesians
speak other languages, such as
Javanese, as their first language. Most books printed in Indonesia are written in the Indonesian language.