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SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2011-028
Chinese in Indonesia: A Background Study
| Authors |
Lim, Hermanto
Mead, David |
| Abstract | In this document we discuss the fourteen major varieties of Chinese which are reported to be spoken in the country of Indonesia, giving particular attention to the five largest communities: Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, and Hainan. Additional sections discuss terms which have been used in the Indonesian context for referring to people of Chinese descent, overview of Chinese immigration into Indonesia over the previous centuries, and recent government policy toward Chinese languages and Chinese writing. |
| Chinese in Indonesia: A Background Study | |
| Published | 2011 |
| Languages |
Chinese, Hakka [hak] Chinese, Mandarin [cmn] Chinese, Min Bei [mnp] Chinese, Min Dong [cdo] Chinese, Min Nan [nan] Chinese, Pu-Xian [cpx] Chinese, Wu [wuu] Chinese, Yue [yue] |
| Country |
Indonesia |
| Subjects |
Language surveys Sociolinguistics |
| Keywords | Language surveys |