bahasa pasar
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
bahasa (“language”) + pasar (“market”).
Noun[edit]
- (linguistics) lingua franca, a common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers.
- Synonyms: basantara, bahasa dagang
Further reading[edit]
- “bahasa pasar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.