What are the 100 most common Indonesian words?

Short answer

The 10 most frequent Indonesian words are: yang (which / that — the #1 most common word), di (at / in), dan (and), itu (that), tidak / nggak (not), ini (this), dengan (with), untuk (for), saya (I — formal), ada (to be / there is). These 10 words alone appear in ~25% of all spoken Indonesian sentences. Master 100 = cover 50% of conversation.

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