Bahasa language

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Bahasa language is redundant: Bahasa is the Malay word for "language", ultimately from Sanskrit. The phrase may refer to a formal spoken language:

• The Indonesian language, or Bahasa Indonesia
• The Malay language, or Bahasa Melayu
• The Javanese language, or Bahasa Jawa (also Bahasa Jawi)
• The Sundanese language, or Bahasa Sunda
• The Betawi language, or Bahasa Betawi

or a sign language:

• The Malaysian Sign Language, or Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia
• Kod Tangan Bahasa Malaysia, or Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan Bahasa

or an informal dialect:

• The Rojak language, or Bahasa Rojak, a form of code-switching
• Indonesian slang language, sometimes referred to as Bahasa gaul or Bahasa prokem