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====Indonesia==== {{further|Ethnic groups in Indonesia|Native Indonesians}} [[File:Indonesia Ethnic Groups Map English.svg|thumb|280px|Map showing ethnic groups native to Indonesia]] Indonesia is a very diverse country with over 600 ethnic groups.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ananta |first1=Aris |last2=Arifin |first2=Evi Nurvidya |last3=Hasbullah |first3=M Sairi |last4=Handayani |first4=Nur Budi |last5=Pramono |first5=Agus |year=2015 |title=Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crKfCgAAQBAJ |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=978-981-4519-87-8|pp=12, 27β28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bps.go.id/news/2015/11/18/127/mengulik-data-suku-di-indonesia.html|title=Mengulik Data Suku di Indonesia|publisher=Statistics Indonesia|access-date=1 January 2021|language=id|date=18 November 2015}}</ref> The vast majority of them speak [[Austronesian languages]] and among these tribal people groups are the [[Javanese people|Javanese]], [[Sundanese people|Sundanese]], [[Malay Indonesians|Malays]], [[Madurese people|Madurese]], [[Bugis]], [[Torajan people|Torajans]], [[Bataks]], [[Mandarese people|Mandarese]], [[Minangkabau people|Minangkabau]], [[Betawi people|Betawi]], [[Banjarese people|Banjarese]], [[Acehnese people|Acehnese]], [[Balinese people|Balinese]], [[Dayaks]], [[Sasaks]], [[Cirebonese people|Cirebonese]], [[Lampungese people|Lampungese]], [[Palembang people|Palembang]], [[Gorontalo people|Gorontaloa]], [[Minahasan]], [[Nias people|Nias]], and [[Makassar people|Makassarese]]. Another group of indigenous peoples in the country are the native [[Melanesians]] in the [[Maluku Islands]] and [[Western New Guinea]], which include tribes such as the Ambonese, native [[Timorese people]]s, Biak, [[Dani people|Dani]], Moi, Arfak, Amungme, [[Asmat people|Asmat]], and [[Korowai people|Korowai]], among others. Non-indigenous peoples includes [[Indos]] (half-Dutch, half-native Indonesians), [[Mardijkers]], ethnic [[Chinese in Indonesia|Chinese]] and [[Peranakans]], [[Arabs in Indonesia|Arabs]], and [[Indians in Indonesia|Indians]]. The largest ethnicity in Indonesia is the Javanese which makes up 40% of the population and most of them live indigenously in [[Java island]], the most populous island in the country. Generally, people who live outside of [[Jakarta]] still retain the ethnic language and utilize it in daily conversations. As a result, formation of distinct dialects each unique to the regions, is prominently used among the population.
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