NATIONAL LANGUAGE & MINORITY LANGUAGE RIGHTS

Faishal Zakaria (Indiana University Bloomington, USA)

Englisia Journal
Vol 4, No 1 (2016)

This brief paper highlights the perspectives of those proposing and opposing the idea of Minority Language Right (MLR). Then, the paper relates this discussion to the context of bi/multilingualism in Indonesia by referring to cases of bi/multilingualism in different contexts. In particular, it is also discussed whether MLR is relevant to Indonesian, a national language of Indonesia, seen through historical, political, social, and economic perspectives of bi/multilingualism in Indonesia. In the end, the author’s stance of MLR is asserted.