bahasa asing
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
bahasa (“language”) + asing (“foreign”).
Noun edit
- (linguistics) foreign language,
- a language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place.
- a language that is not one's native tongue.
- Antonym: bahasa ibu
Further reading edit
- “bahasa asing” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.