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Is it any specific language? The people themselves and their culture seem to be intentionally generic.

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The language you hear the tribes speaking in From Dust is a mix of Swahili and Malay languages.

Source.

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I'm sorry if I'm late, but I do confirm there is a part of Indonesian/Malay language. I wasn't looking at the subtitles when I began a new game, and I immediately recognized the language when the narrator spoke, but it is indeed mixed with another language, probably Swahili like Samthere stated.

Source : myself, I'm not an Indonesian but I've lived there for 3 years, so I can speak some basics

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No it's not Malay!

It's called "Bahasa Indonesia" language. They used the local language from a specific tribe in Indonesia: that's why it differs in accent and some words. The local language has a lot of differences from the national language.

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Do you have a source on this? – GnomeSlice May 22 '12 at 20:20
@Hendrawan - Unlikely based on the fact the accepted answer source says otherwise. – Ramhound May 23 '12 at 11:48

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