Balinese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Balinese people on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as on Nusa Penida, western Lombok, and eastern Java, with speakers also found in southern Sumatra and Sulawesi. The 2000 Indonesian national census recorded about 3.3 million speakers, though a 2011 estimate from the Bali Cultural Agency put daily active use at closer to 1 million, with most Balinese speakers also fluent in Indonesian.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count RegionBali, Nusa Penida, western Lombok and eastern Java (Indonesia) 3 Classification
Language Kind Connections
In Family
Source Balinese language, Wikipedia
Source Balinese language, Wikipedia
Written In
Source Wikipedia: Balinese Script
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Found In
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Balinese (Glottolog languoid bali1278)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. ISO 639-3 registry, ban
Code element and reference nameQuote, Code element and reference name
Balinese
3. Balinese language, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph
is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Balinese people on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Nusa Penida, western Lombok, and eastern Java
Lead section
The 2000 national census recorded 3.3 million people speakers of Balinese with only 1 million people still using the Balinese language in their daily lives according to the Bali Cultural Agency estimated in 2011.
Demographics and current situation, Glottolog classification
The language has been classified as "not endangered" by Glottolog.
In Family: Malayo-Polynesian, Infobox: fam2
Malayo-Polynesian
In Family: Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages, Infobox, Language family
Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
View the SourceWikipedia: Balinese Script
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