Bahasa
The Malay-Indonesian languageThe Malay-Indonesian language
» Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia are almost the same, but their vocabularies are very different.
Indonesisch und Malaiisch sind fast gleich, aber das Vokabular unterscheidet sich stark. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, nonstandard, proscribed)The Malay-Indonesian language
Examples
1 sentencesBahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia are almost the same, but their vocabularies are very different.
deIndonesisch und Malaiisch sind fast gleich, aber das Vokabular unterscheidet sich stark. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (“language”), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā,Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (“language”), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”), as a shortening of Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia. Compare the use of Irish Béarla (“English”), originally simply meant "language".
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