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The Indonesian Language Development and Education Agency of the Ministry of Education and Culture identified 668 regional languages in Indonesia in 2018. This number is expected to increase, as regional languages in the eastern regions have not yet been fully identified.
Papua province has the highest number of regional languages, with 300 in Papua province and 95 in West Papua province. Following Papua, Maluku has 70 regional languages, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) 69, Sulawesi 58, and Kalimantan 57. Sumatra has 26 regional languages, West Nusa Tenggara 11, and Java and Bali 10 each.
If accumulated, the regional languages used in each province in Indonesia reach 750. However, some languages are used in several different provinces, such as Javanese, Malay, Balinese, and Bajo.
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