At the end of WW2 Indonesia needed an official language. Instead of picking Javanese, they picked a language spoken by relatively few people because of its simplicity.
Indonesians are all bi or trilingual.
Indonesian is the worlds simplest language. It should be the official world language!
There is something delightfully charming about this idea, I love it. I had a friend who spent some time in Indonesia and told me how it was possible to pick useful language skills in days.
Indonesians are all bi or trilingual.
Indonesian is the worlds simplest language. It should be the official world language!