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The 22 pages that link to Indonesian language, each with the reason it gives.

• IndonesiaRelated: A shared national language connects communities with hundreds of local languages.

• SukarnoRelated: Sukarno’s national project depended on a shared public language across the archipelago.

• Indonesian nationalismRelated: Its adoption as a shared language helped connect diverse communities without privileging Javanese.

• Japanese occupation of the Dutch East IndiesRelated: Japanese restrictions on Dutch accelerated Indonesian’s use in administration and public life.

• NusantaraRelated: Modern Indonesian gives Nusantara its familiar contemporary spelling and national associations.

• Pramoedya Ananta ToerRelated: Writing in Indonesian helped his novels address a national public beyond regional language communities.

• Chairil AnwarRelated: Anwar wrote in Indonesian as it became a shared language for a newly imagined nation.

• Amir HamzahRelated: His Malay verse helped establish literary resources later inherited by Indonesian-language writers.

• Cinema of IndonesiaRelated: A shared language enables films to circulate across a highly multilingual country.

• Culture of IndonesiaRelated: A shared language connects communities whose home languages differ.

• Titiek PuspaRelated: Songs in Indonesian helped popular entertainers reach audiences across the archipelago.