Bahasa Anyone?
By
Ralph McElroy,
McElroy Translation,
Austin, Texas 78701 USA
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Recently we have had a surge in requests for Indonesian and
Malaysian for use in Bahasa. One of our Malaysian translators
has provided clarification for our clients. "Bahasa"
is not, in fact, another location or country, it simply
means "language." Therefore, Bahasa Indonesia
is Indonesian, and Bahasa Melayu is Malay.
There are really just two language options
to consider:
- Indonesian (i.e. Bahasa Indonesia) for
Indonesia;
- Malay (also called Malaysian i.e. Bahasa
Melayu/Bahasa Malaysia) for Malaysia.
"The Languages of the World" by
Kenneth Katzner states the following:
Indonesian is the national language of the
Republic of Indonesia. When independence was declared in
1945, bahasa Indonesia ("Indonesian language")
was decreed as the country's official language. Although
it is the mother tongue of only 12 million people out of
a population of 165 million, it is estimated that as much
as three-fourths of the population now understand it. Indonesian
is virtually the same language as Malay, the latter spoken
in Malaysia. The principal difference is in the spelling,
the Indonesian system having been developed by the Dutch,
the Malay by the British.
For more information, view Bahasa
Indonesia, Overview
of Indonesia, and Learning
Bahasa Indonesia.
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