Balinese language

Balinese
Balinese
ᬪᬵᬱᬩᬮᬶ, ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ; Bhāṣa Bali, Basè bali, Basâ Bali
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Bali, Nusa Penida, Lombok, Java
Ethnicity	Balinese; Bali Aga; Loloan Malay;
Native speakers	3.3 million (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Sumbawan (?) Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa Balinese; ; ; ;
Early form	Old Balinese
Writing system	Latin script; Balinese script
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Indonesia Bali;
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Language codes
ISO 639-2	ban
ISO 639-3	ban
Glottolog	bali1278
	Balinese is a majority language where vast majority are first language speakers Balinese is a minority language Balinese is a spoken language or being spoken as second language only

Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by 3.3 million people (as of 2000) on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida, Western Lombok, Eastern Java, Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi. Most Balinese speakers also use Indonesian. The Bali Cultural Agency estimated in 2011 that the number of people still using the Balinese language in their daily lives on the Bali Island is under 1 million. The language has been classified as "not endangered" by Glottolog.

The higher registers of the language borrow extensively from Javanese: an old form of classical Javanese, Kawi, is used in Bali as a religious and ceremonial language.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

1