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In Indonesian, "Bahasa" is used to refer to any languages in the world.
For example:
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Bahasa Indonesia = The Indonesian language
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Bahasa Inggris = The English language
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Bahasa Belanda = The Dutch language
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Bahasa Jepang = The Japanese language
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Bahasa Korea = The Korean language
- and so on
So linguistically, calling "Bahasa Indonesia" as just "Bahasa" does not make sense.
Saying "I'm learning Bahasa," literally means "I'm learning language."
But which language?
Instead, stick to Bahasa Indonesia, or simply Indonesian.
Never "Bahasa."
