Chandra Dewi. Informal Indonesian: A Comprehensive Dictionary of Informal Indonesian, Including Current Slang and Dialect Expressions

Jakarta: Australian College of English, 2003 — 79 hal. — ISBN: 979-97703-1-9The idea of making this dictionary arose from the frustration expressed by many students of formal Bahasa Indonesia who feel that they still lack familiarity with informal conversation, and the means to effectively communicate with Indonesian friends and colleagues In many social situations. They have learned Bahasa Indonesia and they know about formal grammar, but they nevertheless find that they sometimes have trouble joining Informal conversations, and understanding the words and expressions often used in those conversations.
This dictionary is restricted to those words and expressions in everyday use across a number of Indonesian subcultures, and It focusses especially on the language of young adults. The dictionary also contains vocabularies of Jakarta dialect and slang.
I hope that this book would be welcomed by foreigners who wish to understand the more informal aspects of contemporary Bahasa Indonesia, and by native Bahasa Indonesia speakers who wish to learn more about recent developments in their own very dynamic and rapidly evolving language.