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Indonesia has the highest number of languages in the world after Papua New Guinea. Ethnologue, a linguistic research and language analysis institution, reports 707 languages used as first languages by Indonesian people.
The number of spoken languages in Indonesian society surpasses that of India (ranked 4th with 454 languages) and the United States (ranked 5th with 422 languages). This linguistic diversity is determined by geographical and demographic conditions, such as population migration.
The official Ethnologue website states that of the 707 languages, 701 are native ethnic languages and 6 are not native. Furthermore, 76 languages are considered endangered due to infrequent use.
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