Balinese
Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of Bali
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Balinese is associated with Indonesia.[1]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bali[3]
- Country: Indonesia[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Follows: Old Balinese[6]
- Subclass of: Malayo-Sumbawan[7]
- Writing system: Balinese[8], Latin script[9]
- Commons category: Balinese language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: ban[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Balinese language[12]
- Described at URL: https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 4,000,000[14], 3,300,000[15]
- Native label: Basa Bali[16]
- Different from: Bali language[17]
- Indigenous to: Indonesia[18], Bali Island[19], Bali[20]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BAN[21]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[22]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[23]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Balinese-language music[24]
Why It Matters
Balinese has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Balinese is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]