why after over 300 years of dutch rule, contrary to other former colonies, Indonesia neither has significant leftovers of dutch culture nor is the dutch language spoken anywhere.

Question

why after over 300 years of dutch rule, contrary to other former colonies, Indonesia neither has significant leftovers of dutch culture nor is the dutch language spoken anywhere.

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Answer 1

I grew up in Indonesia and I was taught that the reason British influences are more apparent in India than Dutch influences in Indonesia is that the Dutch didn’t appoint locals to administrative positions. The Dutch had Dutch people working in all administrative levels even the low ones.
What I mean is the British appointed Indians to many different positions and made them civil servants/involved in municipal work etc. That was why when the Dutch left, the Indonesians had to learn a lot from scratch and did not prosper as well as India did when the British left.
That’s what I was taught, not sure if it’s true but it sounds feasible to me.