What language do most Indonesians speak? The national language is Bahasa Indonesia.

Most Indonesians speak Bahasa Indonesia as their national language.

(Most Indonesians / mohst indoh-NE-shuhns / speak / spi:k / Bahasa Indonesia / bah-HAS-uh in-doh-NEH-zhuh / as their national language / az thair NASH-uh-nuhl LANG-gwij /).

Bahasa Indonesia adalah bahasa resmi di Indonesia.

(Bahasa Indonesia / bah-HAS-uh in-doh-NEH-zhuh / is the official language / iz thee uh-FISH-uhl LANG-gwij / in Indonesia / in in-doh-NEH-zhee-uh /).

Ini digunakan di pemerintahan, pendidikan, dan media.

(It is used / it iz yoost / in the government / in thuh GUHV-uhr-muhnt /, education / edjoo-KAY-shun /, and media / and MEE-dee-uh /).

Contoh penggunaannya, ketika kamu bertanya "Apa kabar?" (When you ask / wen yoo ask / "Apa kabar?" / "AH-pah KAH-bar?" / - which means "How are you?"), orang yang dijumpai biasanya akan menjawab "Baik" (the person you meet / thuh PUR-suhn yoo meet / will usually respond "Baik" / wil YOO-juh-leeREE ris-POND "BYE-k" / - which means "Good").

Selain Bahasa Indonesia, ada juga banyak suku dan bahasa daerah.

(Beside Bahasa Indonesia / bih-SIDE bah-HAS-uh in-doh-NEH-zhuh /, there are many ethnic groups and regional languages / thare ar MEN-ee ETH-nik groops and REE-juh-nuhl LANG-gwij-iz /).

Misalnya, di Bali, orang-orang berbicara dalam Bahasa Bali.

(For example / fawr ig-ZAM-puhl /, in Bali / in BAH-lee /, people speak / PEE-puhl SPIK / the Balinese language / thuh ba-LEE-neez LANG-gwij /).

Jadi, meskipun banyak bahasa di Indonesia, Bahasa Indonesia adalah yang utama.

(So, even though there are many languages / so, EE-vuhn THOH thare ar MEN-ee LANG-gwij-iz / in Indonesia / in in-doh-NEH-zhee-uh /, Bahasa Indonesia is the main one / bah-HAS-uh in-doh-NEH-zhuh iz thuh MAYN wuhn /).

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