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The Indonesian government encourages all people to improve the use of Indonesian language in daily communication. This was stated by Head of Language Development Agency, Dadang Sunendar while talking to RRI World Service -VOI in Jakarta on Friday. He said, there are still many commercial advertisements amidst the community that dominate the use of foreign languages. He explained that this is a note for the government to further increase efforts by using Indonesian language more practically amidst the people.

“We still also see that there are still some of our people who have not been proud to use Indonesian as the state language. There are still people who feel inferior when they speak Indonesian. There is also a part of our society from an economic side, for example, when trading in business, they feel great; it can be more expensive, more prestigious and so on. This is a note for all of us. Then, another note we see in the public space is that there are so many advertisements. Then, these announcement and information still use foreign languages,” said Dadang Sunendar.

Besides, in commemorating the Language and Literature Month in Indonesia, the Language Development Agency also called for all stakeholders, including heads of regional provinces and private sectors to prioritize the use of Indonesian language in the public space. He also said that Indonesian is a national identity that must be preserved and improved. (VOI/Ndy-Trans by AF/RHM)