  NLP research is impeded by a lack of resources and awareness of the
challenges presented by underrepresented languages and dialects. Focusing on
the languages spoken in Indonesia, the second most linguistically diverse and
the fourth most populous nation of the world, we provide an overview of the
current state of NLP research for Indonesia's 700+ languages. We highlight
challenges in Indonesian NLP and how these affect the performance of current
NLP systems. Finally, we provide general recommendations to help develop NLP
technology not only for languages of Indonesia but also other underrepresented
languages.
