Bhāṣā

Bhāṣā (or one of its derived forms) is the word for "language" in many South and Southeast Asian languages, which derives from the Sanskrit word bhāṣā (भाषा) meaning "speech" or "spoken language". In transliteration from Sanskrit or Pali, bhasa may also be spelled bhasa, basa, or phasa.

Language names

Usage

The word "Bahasa" in English is sometimes used to refer specifically to the Malay language (especially its Indonesian variety), usually by Western expatriates and their English-speaking Indonesian-Malaysian associates. This usage is considered incorrect.[1] When Malaysian or Indonesian speakers refer to other languages, the non-capitalized word "bahasa" ("language") is used; for example, English and Italian are called bahasa Inggris and bahasa Italia respectively.

gollark: Apparently R Danny is still sending reminders even though <@319753218592866315> evilly stopped us queueueiuing new ones.
gollark: You do not make it ping.
gollark: ++delete <@593113791252660224>
gollark: ++about
gollark: The CODING™ and ALGORITHMS™ run `SELECT * FROM reminders WHERE expired = 0 AND remind_timestamp < ?` every minute on loop, you see.

See also
  • Basa (disambiguation) § Languages

References
  1. "Bahasa Indonesia: The Indonesian Language," George Quinn, Australian National University


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