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Bahasa: Language Names

Bahasa is a word that comes from Sanskrit meaning "language" or "speech" that is used in many South and Southeast Asian languages to refer to languages. It is sometimes used in English specifically to refer to the Malay language, especially Indonesian, by Westerners associated with Malaysia and Indonesia. However, linguists consider this a colonial usage that is incorrect as local speakers use "bahasa" for any language, like saying "bahasa Inggris" for English.

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Bahasa: Language Names

Bahasa is a word that comes from Sanskrit meaning "language" or "speech" that is used in many South and Southeast Asian languages to refer to languages. It is sometimes used in English specifically to refer to the Malay language, especially Indonesian, by Westerners associated with Malaysia and Indonesia. However, linguists consider this a colonial usage that is incorrect as local speakers use "bahasa" for any language, like saying "bahasa Inggris" for English.

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Bahasa

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Bahasa is the word for "language" in many South and Southeast Asian languages, which derives
from the Sanskrit word bhāṣā (भभाषभा) meaning "speech" or "spoken language". In transliteration from
Sanskrit or Pali, bhasa may also be spelled bhasa, basa, or phasa. In modern English, "Bahasa"
alone is most often used as an abbreviation for "Bahasa Indonesia" (meaning Indonesian language)
or "Bahasa Malaysia" (meaning Malaysian language).

Contents

 1Language names
 2Usage
 3See also
 4References
 5External links

Language names[edit]
 Tamil language is தமமிழ மமமொழமி (Tamil bhāṣa)
 Telugu language is తతెలలుగగ భభాష (Tĕlugu bhāṣa)
 Kannada language is ಕನನ್ನಡ ಭಭಾಷಷ (Kannaḍa bhāṣĕ)
 Malayalam language is മലയയാള ഭയാഷ (Malayāḷaṁ bhāṣa)
 Hindi language is हहिन्दद भभाषभा (Hindī bhāṣā)
 Gujarati language is ગગજરરાતત ભરાષરા (Gujarātī bhāṣā)
 Odia language is ଓଡଡ଼ିଆ ଭଭାଷଭା (Orriā bhāṣā)
 Assamese language is অসমমীযয ভযষয (Axomiya bhaxa)
 Bengali language is বযবাংলয ভযষয (Bāṃlā bhāṣā)
 Punjabi language is ਪਪੰ ਜਜਾਬਬ ਭਜਾਸਜਾ (Pajābī bhāśā)
 Nepali language is ननेपभालद भभाषभा (Nepālī bhaṣa)
 Nepal Bhasa language is ननेपभाल भभाषभा (Nepal bhaṣa)
 Burmese language is Myanma bhasa (Burmese: မမန) မဘသ
)
 Khmer language is phiesa Khmae (Khmer: ភាសាខខខ្មែរ)
 Lao language is phasa Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ)
 Thai language is phasa Thai (Thai: ภาษาไทย)
 Sinhala language is Siŋhala bhāṣāva (Sinhala: සසිංහල භභාෂභාව)
 Malay language is bahasa Melayu (Malay: ‫)بهاس مليو‬
o Malaysian language is bahasa Malaysia
o Indonesian language is bahasa Indonesia
 Minangkabau language is baso Minangkabau (Minangkabau: ‫)باسو مينڠكاباو‬
 Acehnese language is bahsa Acèh (Acehnese: ‫)بهسا اچيه‬
 Javanese language is basa Jawa, also basa Jawi (Javanese: ꦧꦧꦧꦧ)
 Sundanese language is basa Sunda (Sundanese: ꦧꦧ ꦧꦧꦧꦧꦧ)
 Balinese language is basa Bali (Balinese: ᬩᬩᬩᬩᬩ)
 Buginese language is Basa Ugi (Buginese: ᨅᨔ ᨕᨕᨁᨁ)
 Tausug language is bahasa Sūg

Usage[edit]
The word "Bahasa" in English is sometimes used to refer specifically to the Malay
language (especially its Indonesian variety), usually by Western expatriates and their English-
speaking Malaysian-Indonesian associates. This usage is of colonial origin, has never gained
currency in linguistic circles and is considered incorrect by some. [1] When Malaysian or Indonesian
speakers refer to other languages, the non-capitalized word "bahasa" ("language") is used; for
example, English and Italian are called bahasa Inggris and bahasa Italiarespectively.

See also[edit]
 Basa (disambiguation)#Languages

References[edit]
1. ^ "Bahasa Indonesia: The Indonesian Language," George Quinn, Australian National
University

External links[edit]
 Rules on the use of Languages (bhāṣā) , Chapter XVIII of the Nāṭyaśāstra

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