Indonesian Minister: I want Indonesian to be the common language of Southeast Asia

Recently, at an educational meeting with House Commision X, Indonesian Minister of Culture and Education Nadiem Makarim shared his dream – to make Indonesian a common language of Southeast Asia.

According to the 35-year-old minister, Indonesia’s language development and training agency will play a crucial role in making this dream come true.

Indonesian Culture and Education Minister Nadiem Makarim

“The Language Training and Development Agency is able to turn Indonesian language into the common language of Southeast Asia” – quoted Minister Nadiem Makarim at the meeting on Thursday.

If you want to make this dream come true, Indonesia’s 35-year-old minister said it needs to make “language improvements” through learning and applying other languages ​​and cultures into Indonesian, thus forming a bridge between Indonesian and other countries.

Of course, Mr. Nadiem Makarim himself found this dream very difficult to come true: “I’m not sure we can achieve this goal, but we need to dare to dream big.”

He also believes that if this becomes a reality, it will help Indonesia’s position to rise highly in Southeast Asia, as well as around the world.

“Everyone please wait and see,” said Nadiem.

According to The Jakarta Post