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Originally Posted by S.B.Y.1
The Indo Bahasa slank is different from Sillypore & Malaysia  |
Pak, you're rite.
Indonesian consists of many ethnic groups like :
Javanese (42%), Sundanese (15%), Malay(4%), Chinese(3%) and the other minorities like Madurese from east java, Batak from north sumatra, Bugis from east kalimantan, Minangkabau from west sumatra, Bantenese from west java, Cirebonese from central java, Acehnese, Balinese, etc.
Although javanese is the majority group in indonesia, however the javanese dialect are not easy to speak as there are many version, speak to different status of people have to use different version. That is the reason why the goverment of indonesia chose Riau Malay Language (which is widely spoken in Riau islands and sumatra) as Bahasa Negara of Indonesia as it is simple to communicate among all rakyat. 
However due to influence from the dutch and british during the colonial time, bahasa indo also contain some words from the european language. The different dialects in indonesia also more or less influence the national language. That is the reason why bahasa Indo and Malay differs in slang and differs slightly in words.
However, the slang of bahasa spoken in Java are also slightly different from those spoken in Sumatra.
In Batam those cewek who had spoken to me, can know that majority came from java through their slang of bahasa. Batam has half of its population who are
below 30 years old. The ratio of woman to man is 2:1. Most of the woman work in the factory. No wonder can see so many SYT cewek on the street lah.