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  2. Indonesian slang - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian slang vernacular (Indonesian: bahasa gaul, Betawi: basa gaul), or Jakarta colloquial speech (Indonesian: bahasa informal, bahasa sehari-hari) is a term that subsumes various urban vernacular and non-standard styles of expression used throughout Indonesia that are not necessarily mutually intelligible.

  3. Gaul Indonesian Language - Wikipedia

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    Gaul Indonesian or Colloquial Indonesian is the informal register of the Indonesian language that emerged in the 1980s and continues to evolve to this day. According to the Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language (KBBI), colloquial language is defined as 'a non-formal dialect of Indonesian used by certain communities for socialization'.

  4. Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI ; lit. ' Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language ' ) is the official dictionary of the Indonesian language compiled by Language Development and Fostering Agency and published by Balai Pustaka .

  5. List of loanwords in Indonesian - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch adaptation of the Malay language during the colonial period resulted in the incorporation of a significant number of Dutch loanwords and vocabulary. This event significantly affected the original Malay language, which gradually developed into modern Indonesian. Most terms are documented in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia. [1]

  6. Betawi language - Wikipedia

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    Betawi, also known as Betawi Malay, Jakartan Malay, or Batavian Malay, is the spoken language of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia.It is the native language of perhaps 5 million people; a precise number is difficult to determine due to the vague use of the name.

  7. Batak script - Wikipedia

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    The Batak script (natively known as Surat Batak, Surat na Sampulu Sia (lit. ' the nineteen letters '), or Sisiasia) is a writing system used to write the Austronesian Batak languages spoken by several million people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

  8. Bahasa Binan - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Binan also uses a range of standard Indonesian words with altered meaning. The standard word for "cat", kucing , is used in Bahasa Binan to denote a male prostitute. Another word with wide currency in Bahasa Binan, but actually typical of standard Indonesian informal word formation, is waria from wanita (woman) + pria (man), meaning ...

  9. Cia-Cia language - Wikipedia

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    Sample of spoken Cia-Cia, recorded for Wikitongues. Cia-Cia, also known as (South) Buton or Butonese, is an Austronesian language spoken principally around the city of Baubau on the southern tip of Buton island, off the southeast coast of Sulawesi, in Indonesia. [2]