Over 300 Ethnic Groups in Indonesia

Ethnic groups in Indonesia

There are over 300 ethnic groups in Indonesia. 95% of those are of Native Indonesians ancestry.
The 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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