bahasa baku

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Compound of bahasa (“language”) +‎ baku (“standard”), calque of Dutch standaardtaal (“standard language”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /baˌhasa ˈbaku/ [baˌha.sa ˈba.ku] Rhymes: -aku Syllabification: ba‧ha‧sa ba‧ku === Noun === bahasa baku (plural bahasa-bahasa baku, first-person possessive bahasa bakuku, second-person possessive bahasa bakumu, third-person possessive bahasa bakunya) (sociolinguistics) standard language: A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most "correct" or neutral variety; used by a population for public and formal purposes Synonyms: bahasa standar, ragam baku, ragam formal Antonyms: bahasa percakapan, bahasa vernakular ==== Usage notes ==== The term does not seem to include colloquialisms. It is often translated as "standard language". === References === === Further reading === “bahasa baku”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === Compound of bahasa (“language”) +‎ baku (“standard”). === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety) IPA(key): [ba.ha.sə ba.ku] (Baku) IPA(key): [ba.ha.sa ba.ku] === Noun === bahasa baku (Jawi spelling بهاس باکو) The form of a language that is often seen as correct in all aspects; standard language. Synonym: bahasa standard The standard form of the Malay or Malaysian language. (informal) The artificial standardized accent of Malay where every letter has only one phonetic value as opposed to representing a phoneme which has various allophonic realizations (e.g. ⟨k⟩ is only pronounced as [k] as opposed to as [k] syllable-initially and as [ʔ] syllable-finally). Synonym: sebutan baku === See also === beka Melayu (purist form of the Malay language) === Further reading === "bahasa baku" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017