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Language Distribution Map in Indonesia

Language Distribution Map in Indonesia
The language map shows that Austronesian languages occupy most of the west and
central regions of the country, while Papuan or Non-Austronesian languages are found in
the east, in Papua and West Papua and in parts of Maluku, and East Nusa Tenggara. There
are 706 living languages in Indonesia and of these, 464 are from the Austronesian language
family, 64.53% of all languages. There are 255 Non-Austronesian languages, 35.47% of
the total. Where there are Non-Austronesian languages, generally they are found along
with Austronesian languages, in contact with each other and there are many examples of
mutual influence or mixing of features.

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