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Re:Why standard Indonesian is not spoken throughout Indonesia by lotsofpulp on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @02:48PM (#17458825)
Bhasa means language in Hindi and it’s dialects also.
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Re:Why standard Indonesian is not spoken throughout Indonesia by satbyy on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @03:48PM (#17459102)
Yes, the root is from Sanskrit (भाषा), got called over to SE Asia during the spread of Buddhism from India.
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