Bahasa Indonesia

[ bah-hah-suh ]

noun

1. official name of the Indonesian language.

Bahasa Indonesia

/ bɑːˈhɑːsə /

noun

1. the official language of Indonesia: developed from the form of Malay formerly widely used as a trade language in SE Asia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bahasa Indonesia¹

< Malay: Indonesian language

Example Sentences

The railway is named Whoosh, a Bahasa Indonesia acronym that translates to time-saving and reliable.

From BBC

The clip, which features people speaking the Bahasa Indonesia language, was uploaded to YouTube on Dec. 6, 2021.

From Seattle Times

The request, however, was made in Bahasa Indonesia, the main language spoken across the vast Indonesian archipelago — and among tens of thousands of domestic workers in Hong Kong.

From Washington Post

The actors were Indonesian, so Forsberg studied online videos in various Austronesian languages including Bahasa Indonesia and Sundanese, a language spoken in western Java.

From New York Times

Here are excerpts translated from the original Bahasa Indonesia into English by Stahlhut and provided by him.

From Time