Sunday, 8 September 2013

Over 300 Ethnic Groups in Indonesia

Ethnic groups in Indonesia

Ethnic groups in Indonesia
There are over 300 ethnic groups in Indonesia. 95% of those are of Native Indonesians ancestry.
Ethnic groups in IndonesiaThe largest ethnic group in Indonesia is the Javanese who make up 41% of the total population. The Javanese are concentrated on the island of Java but millions have migrated to other islands throughout the archipelago because of the transmigration program. The Sundanese, Malay, and Madurese are the next largest groups in the country. Many ethnic groups, particularly in Kalimantan and Papua, have only hundreds of members. Most of the local languages belong to Austronesian language family, although a significant number, particularly in Papua, speak Papuan languages. The Chinese Indonesian population makes up a little less than 1% of the total Indonesian population according to the 2000 census. Some of these Indonesians of Chinese descent speak various Chinese dialects, most notably Hokkien and Hakka.
The classification of
isn't rigid and in some cases
cultural and linguistic
consider Bantenese and
Javanese people, however some
different ethnic groups
own distinct dialects.
Baduy people that share many
Sundanese people. An example of
people, descended not only from
peoples in Indonesia but also
migrants since the era of
ethnic groups in Indonesia
unclear due to migrations,
influences; for example some may
Cirebonese to be members of
others argue that they are
altogether since they have their
This is the same case with
cultural similarities with the
hybrid ethnicity is the Betawi
marriages between different
with Arab and Chinese
colonial Batavia .
The regions of
indigenous ethnic groups. Due to
there are significant
reside outside of their
Indonesia have some of their
migration within Indonesia ,
populations of ethic groups who
traditional regions.
Throughout Indonesian
foreign origin ethnicites were
usually inhabit urban centers
parts of Indonesia.
history, waves of migration of
spread throughout Indonesia,
and seldom reach rural
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