bahasa dagang

Indonesian

Etymology

bahasa (“language”) +‎ dagang (“trade”).

Noun

bahasa dagang

1. (linguistics) koine, lingua franca, link language, trade language, vehicular language: 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 that is not the first language of any of its speakers.

   Synonyms: basantara, lingua franca, bahasa perantara, bahasa pasar

Further reading

• “bahasa dagang” 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.