bahasa asing

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

bahasa asing

(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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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