bahasa perantara
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of bahasa (“language”) + perantara (“intermediary”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (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: bahasa dagang, basantara, lingua franca, bahasa pasar
Further reading
edit- “bahasa perantara” 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.