Bhāṣā

Bahasa 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

• Tamil language is தமிழ் மொழி (Tamil moḻi)
• Telugu language is తెలుగు భాష (Tĕlugu bhāṣa)
• Kannada language is ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆ (Kannaḍa bhāṣĕ)
• Malayalam language is മലയാള ഭാഷ (Malayāḷaṁ bhāṣa)
• Hindi language is हिन्दी भाषा (Hindī bhāṣā)
• Gujarati language is ગુજરાતી ભાષા (Gujarātī bhāṣā)
• Odia language is ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା (Or̤iā bhāṣā)
• Assamese language is অসমীয়া ভাষা (Axomiya bhaxa)
• Bengali language is বাংলা ভাষা (Bānglā bhāṣā)
• Punjabi language is ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (Pajābī bhāśā)
• Nepali language is नेपाली भाषा (Nepālī bhaṣa)
• Nepal Bhasa language is नेपाल भाषा (Nepal bhaṣa)
• Burmese language is Myanma bhasa (Burmese: မြန်မာဘာသာ)
• Khmer language is phiesa Khmae (Khmer: ភាសាខ្មែរ)
• Lao language is phasa Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ)
• Thai language is phasa Thai (Thai: ภาษาไทย)
• Sinhala language is Siŋhala bhāṣāva (Sinhala: සිංහල භාෂාව)
• Malay language is bahasa Melayu (Malay: بهاس ملايو‎)
  • Malaysian language is bahasa Malaysia
  • Indonesian language is bahasa Indonesia
• Minangkabau language is baso Minangkabau (Minangkabau: باسو مينڠكاباو‎‎)
• Acehnese language is bahsa Acèh (Acehnese: بهسا اچيه)
• Javanese language is basa Jawa, also basa Jawi (Javanese: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ)
• Sundanese language is basa Sunda (Sundanese: ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ)
• Balinese language is basa Bali (Balinese: ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ)
• Buginese language is Basa Ugi (Buginese: ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ)
• Banjar language is basa Banjar (Banjar: بهاس بنجر)
• Tausug language is bahasa Sūg

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 Malaysian-Indonesian associates. This usage is considered incorrect. 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.

See also

• Basa (disambiguation) § Languages

External links

• Rules on the use of Languages (bhāṣā), Chapter XVIII of the Nāṭyaśāstra