About Indonesian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch while the standard dialect is Malay. When Indonesia became independent they declared Indonesian as their official language in 1945. Indonesian is spoken by 23 million people while it is the second language of 140 million people. As most Indonesians are bilingual they know more than three languages. Besides Indonesia, this language is also spoken in the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Singapore. Several dialects are spoken in various areas. The northern dialect is known as Malay while the southern dialect is most commonly spoken in Indonesia. There are regional dialects that are spoken in both north and south of Indonesia. It consists of six vowels but the sound system is similar to Malay.
About Luxembourgish Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Luxembourgish is an old language that is used by French people. The total number of native speakers includes 600,000. It is recognized as a minority language in Belgium. This language is from the family of Indo-European and Germanic languages. Even though it is an old language there are a lot of French words and phrases incorporated in it. As a result, almost all the people in Luxembourg speak this language. However, the population of Luxembourg is either bilingual or trilingual. Traditionally Luxembourgish is used orally in the Governments and courts in Germany. It is also used in the most popular newspapers and magazines. Luxembourg features a Moselle-Franconian dialect and is spoken by some people in Germany. The writing system is Latin while the alphabets consist of 26 Latin letters too.
