bahasa dagang
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bahasa (“language”) + dagang (“trade”).
Noun
[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: basantara, lingua franca, bahasa perantara, bahasa pasar
Further reading
[edit]- “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.