Balinese language

Balinese
ᬪᬵᬱᬩᬮᬶ / ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ1 Bhāṣa Bali / Basä bali1
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Bali, Nusa Penida, Lombok
Ethnicity	Balinese Bali Aga Nak Nusé Loloan Malays
Native speakers	3.3 million (2000 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Sumbawan (?) Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa Balinese
Early form	Old Balinese
Dialects	Highland Balinese [id] Lowland Balinese Nusa Penida Balinese[2]
Writing system	Latin script Balinese script
Official status
Regulated by	Lembaga Bahasa, Aksara dan Sastra Bali[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-2	ban
ISO 639-3	ban
Glottolog	bali1278
Balinese is the majority language where vast majority are first language speakers    Balinese is the majority language, with other languages being spoken largely or as a second language (such as Javanese, Sasak, and Malay)    Balinese is a minority language
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Balinese is an Austronesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida, Western Lombok,^[4] Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi.^[5] Most Balinese speakers also use Indonesian. The 2000 national census recorded 3.3 million people speakers of Balinese, however the Bali Cultural Agency estimated in 2011 that the number of people still using the Balinese language in their daily lives is under 1 million. The language has been classified as "not endangered" by Glottolog.^[2]

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.