PETALING JAYA: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), which publishes the Kamus Dewan, said the public cannot expect every word to be listed in the dictionary.
DBP director-general Datuk A. Aziz Deraman said words like “Kadazan” and “Iban”, referring to the major ethnic groups in Sabah and Sarawak, were also left out.
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