Indonesian language dictionary to include 200,000 entries by end of 2024

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's Language Agency Head Imam Budi Utomo (second left) at a press conference on 2024 National Language and Literature Month in Jakarta on Saturday (October 26, 2024). - Photo: Antara

JAKARTA: (Bernama-Antara) The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's Language Agency affirmed that the latest update to the Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language (KBBI) will comprise at least 200,000 words by December 2024, reported Antara news agency.

"We are completing 180,000 currently, and we expect the remaining 20,000 will be completed by December 2024," Language Agency Head Imam Budi Utomo stated at a press conference here on Saturday (Oct 26).