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The
People
Indonesia
has about 500 tribes and correspondingly, it has about
500 languages and dialects spoken in the archipelago.
The population in Indonesia has now reach the fourth
most populated country in the world after China, India,
and the United States of America. The people of Indonesia
are a mix between the native people and the newcomers
that came during the Neolitic Period (3000-2000 BC)
from the Asian mainland to the south through a large-scale
migration. The citizenship of Indonesia is governed
by the Nationality Act to distinguish the qualification
of a person of being an Indonesian since the beginning
of independence on August 17, 1945.
