Indonesia: Multilingualism Society

Nikodemus Niko

Age 21, Indonesia

Tanjungpura of University, West Kalimantan

Indonesia is my beloved country. My country known as multicultural society. Diverse culture in indonesia create wonderfulness for the world. Besides multicultural indonesia also multilanguage. Diversity of language use today is the key issue in the world. In the world of many multilingual communities than monolingual. because of the existence of multilingual will determine the viability of a multicultural society like in Indonesia. And with multi language resources and roles are easier to take in various areas of life.

The language spoken in indonesia in general, is the language of indonesia but every society we have the language of an area or a mother tongue that different. Indonesian language we got through formal education, while the language of an area or a mother tongue we are getting have been since birth. Indonesian children’s who are already going to school already be called as multilingual because they had already use some languages in part or all of.

Language regions in indonesia very much, even hundreds of the number. The ability to control some languages is something positive, by controlling more than a few subordinating someone will be easier interact with others. Ingeniousness speaking in a multilingual very dependent on an opportunity to use various language in life. The more opportunity and cleverness in various language will be properly formed.

Besides in indonesia still many countries who uses more than one language. In the countries listed in UN organizations, perhaps there are still many people who have yet to recognize the official languages of the UNITED NATIONS. For example in Indonesia, not many people know that Indonesia there are six official languages of the United Nations, namely the language United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Spain, Arabic and Chinese. As long as this community of lay society especially Indonesia only learned that the language used in the UN is English as working language.

Multilingual countries respond more development information and can determine a more comprehensive attitude towards their nation's progress. This fact can be connected with the theory of Sociolinguistics that multilingual has brought enlightenment in various fields such as trade, education, religion, politics and science and technology. How important and magnitude multilingual this positive impact.

In Indonesia the Community claimed to be able to use more than one or two languages. However, it is unfortunate because the dissemination of official language in the UN scanty unknown society. Mastering the various languages by individuals or a group of people is very necessary because of an increase in human resources and the quality of its activities in a globalized world cannot be separated from the role of multilingual. Hopefully the people in the world more aware of the significance of the multilingual in the International speaking. Especially for the six official languages in UNITED NATIONS organizations.