Table 1.

Absolute linguistic clustering, linguistic diversity and linguistic polarization in the Indonesian provinces

RegionProvinceAbsolute linguistic
clustering ALC (%)
Linguistic diversity
G (%)
Linguistic polarization
P (%)
Sumatra
 Aceh93.2139.3357.99
 Sumatera Utara92.6287.4942.66
 Sumatera Barat91.6617.0630.56
 Riau92.2911.9922.87
 Jambi83.6941.8465.83
 Bengkulu88.8378.5061.96
 Sumatera Selatan91.6661.9274.67
 Lampung88.9120.5438.41
Kalimantan
 Kalimantan Barat93.2382.6453.45
 Kalimantan Tengah96.6168.0876.57
 Kalimantan Timur93.0786.5942.23
 Kalimantan Selatan94.0116.8730.66
Java and Bali
 Jakarta Raya99.990.060.11
 Java Barat89.2531.5658.91
 Java Tengah92.871.763.53
 Java Timur64.3234.9467.53
 Bali98.231.523.04
 Yogyakarta99.9900
Sulawesi
 Sulawesi Selatan76.6267.5271.14
 Sulawesi Tengah95.7176.3557.54
 Sulawesi Tenggara92.5283.9750.39
 Sulawesi Utara86.4574.6660.88
Nusa Tenggara
 Nusa Tenggara Timur91.394.6518.76
 Nusa Tenggara Barat97.3146.7971.91
Maluku
 Maluku94.1689.7232.26
Irian Jaya
 Irian Jaya95.0085.0742.20
Average 91.2950.0543.69

Notes:

The indices of absolute linguistic clustering, diversity and polarization are province-specific. The province-specific values of the index of absolute linguistic clustering are computed as weighted averages of the language-specific indices of absolute linguistic clustering with the speaker shares serving as weights

Source: Author’s own calculations

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