Dutch is one of the official languages of Indonesia, but how much of the country actually speaks it?
Dutch was the official language of the Dutch East Indies, which covered most of modern-day Indonesia. After Indonesia’s independence in 1945, Dutch remained an official language until it was replaced by Indonesian in 1949.
Despite Dutch no longer being an official language, around 1.5 million people in Indonesia still speak it as their first language. This is mainly concentrated in the western …