<p><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Indonesian</span> <span class="hps">has a position</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">a very important function</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">as listed in the</span> <span class="hps">1928</span> <span class="hps">Youth Pledge</span> <span class="hps">pledge</span> <span class="hps">which reads</span> <span class="hps">Our</span> <span class="hps">sons and daughters of</span> <span class="hps">Indonesia</span> <span class="hps">to uphold</span> <span class="hps">the national language</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Indonesian</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">In plain view</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">the younger generation</span> <span class="hps">and the public</span> <span class="hps">are still</span> <span class="hps">many who do not</span> <span class="hps">know</span> <span class="hps">about the</span> <span class="hps">position and function of</span> <span class="hps">Indonesian</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">is forgotten</span> <span class="hps">that the</span> <span class="hps">Indonesian</span> <span class="hps">actually has</span> <span class="hps">a function</span> <span class="hps">as a symbol of</span> <span class="hps">the pride of</span> <span class="hps">nationhood</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">national identity</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">means of</span> <span class="hps">transportation</span> <span class="hps">atarwarga</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">interregional</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">intercultural</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">as well as</span> <span class="hps">tools that</span> <span class="hps">allow</span> <span class="hps">the unification of</span> <span class="hps">the various ethnic groups</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">socio-cultural background</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">language</span> <span class="hps">of each</span> <span class="hps">into a</span> <span class="hps">unitary</span> <span class="hps">national</span> <span class="hps">Indonesia</span> <span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">It is very clear</span> <span class="hps">that the</span> <span class="hps">Indonesian</span> <span class="hps">association</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">an intermediate language</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>lingua</span> <span class="hps">franca</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">from</span> <span class="hps">time immemorial</span><span>.</span></span></p>