Question about language situation in Indonesia

Thu Nov 29 04:43:22 UTC 2001

Hiya,

For those of you who are familiar with Indonesia, I have a couple of questions.
 The purpose of which is to see how the situation in Indonesia resembles or
differs  to that of the Philippines.  I do know that there are roughly some
700+ languages there.

How do most Indonesians view other languages as simply dialects?

Are languages such as Javanese, Buginese, Batak, etc. used as the medium of
instruction in their respective regions?  If not, are Indonesians satisfied
with that?

Thanks,

--Chris

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