Extra Posting : Why Indonesia becoming multiethnic? / Kiara Juliane Annisa

Indonesia is already a multiethnic country since the beginning because we used to do trade back in the old days (Kingdom era) so many people from various country come to Indonesia. We also have more than 700 regional language that differs based on the location that are still spoken until today.There are currently over than 300 ethnics in Indonesia which breakdown as Indonesian/malay, javanese, sundanese, madurese, minangkabau, palembang-malay, minahasa, buginese, banjarese, acehnese, balinese, betawi, sasak, batak toba, ambonese malay, makassarese, china-min nan, batak dairi, batak simalungun, batak mandailing, jambi malay, mongondow, gorontalo, ngaju dayak, nias, batak angkola, manado malay, north moluccan malay, chinese-hakka, batak karo, uab meto, bima, manggarai, toraja-sa'dan, komering, tetum, rejang, muna, basa semawa, bangka malay, osing, gayo, chinese-cantonese, tolaki, lewotobi, tae', etc. Indonesia is also an archipelago country so I think it also contribute to the fact that we have so many ethnicities living in one country.