Yugan-Dali t1_j0tmims wrote
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Isn’t Indonesian an Austronesian language?
Pinkletskillz t1_j0tn7yl wrote
It is, but the vocabulary was influenced by a lot of other languages such as Sanskrit, Dutch, Arabic, Portuguese and English. It's a very interesting mix :)
Yugan-Dali t1_j0tpyid wrote
I see, thanks
Terpomo11 t1_j0tnck9 wrote
Yes, but it has a lot of Sanskrit loanwords.
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