bahasa asing

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bahasa asing

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Etymology

From bahasa (“language”) +‎ asing (“foreign”).

Noun

bahasa asing

1. (linguistics) foreign language,
   1. a language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place
   2. a language that is not one's native tongue

      Antonym: bahasa ibu

Further reading

• “bahasa asing”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016