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Balinese or simply Bali is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by 3.3 million people on the Indonesian island of Bali, as
well as northern Nusa Penida, western Lombok and eastern Java. Most Balinese speakers also know Indonesian. In 2011, the Bali
Cultural Agency estimates that the number of people still using Balinese language in their daily lives on the Bali Island
does not exceed 1 million, as in urban areas their parents only introduce Indonesian language or even English, while daily
conversations in the institutions and the mass media have disappeared. The written form of the Balinese language is increasingly
unfamiliar and most Balinese people use the Balinese language only as a spoken tool with mixing of Indonesian language in
their daily conversation. But in the transmigration areas outside Bali Island, Balinese language is extensively used and believed
to play an important role in the survival of the language. 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. |
Names (more)[ar] اللغة البالية[az] balincə [bn] বালিনীয় [bs] balinezijski [br] balineg [bg] балинейски [ca] Balinès [cs] balijština [cy] Balïeg [da] balinesisk [de] Balinesisch [el] Μπαλινίζ [en] Balinese language [eo] Balia lingvo [et] bali [fa] بالیایی [fi] Balin kieli [fr] Balinais [gu] બાલિનીસ [he] בלינזית [hi] बहासा बाली [hr] Balijski jezik [hu] balinéz [id] Bahasa Bali [is] balíska [it] Lingua balinese [jv] Basa Bali [ja] バリ語 [kn] ಬಲಿನೀಸ್ [ks] بالِنیٖز [ko] 발리어 [lo] ບາລີເນັດ [lv] baliešu [lt] balinezų [ml] ബാലിനീസ് [mr] बालिनीस [mk] балинезе [mt] Baliniż [ms] Bahasa Bali [my] ဘာလီ [nl] Balinees [nn] balinesisk [nb] balinesisk [no] Balinesisk [or] ବାଲିନୀଜ୍ [pl] Język balijski [pt] Língua balinesa [rm] balinais [ro] balineză [ru] Балийский язык [sk] balijčina [sl] balijščina [sm] Gagana Balinese [es] balinés [sr] Балинезијски [sv] Balinesiska [ta] பலினீஸ் [te] బాలినీస్ [th] บาหลี [tr] Bali Dili [uk] балійська [vi] Tiếng Bali [yo] Balinese |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
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