bahasa dagang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
bahasa (“language”) + dagang (“trade”).
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 pasar
Further reading edit
- “bahasa dagang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.