Balinese language

Balinese
ᬪᬵᬱᬩᬮᬶ / ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ1 Bhāṣa Bali / Basä bali1
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Bali, Nusa Penida, Lombok, Java
Ethnicity	Balinese Bali Aga Nak Nusé [id] 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 Lowland Balinese Nusa Penida Balinese[2]
Writing system	Latin script Balinese script
Official status
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 spoken language or being spoken as second language only    Balinese is a minority language
Balinese Language in Lombok (Pink)
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Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida, Western Lombok, Eastern Java,^[3] Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi.^[4] 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. Apart from being spoken in Bali, Balinese is also widely spoken on the island of Lombok, especially western part of Lombok island, and to a small extent it is also spoken on the island of Java, especially Banyuwangi. and western part of Sumbawa island. The spread of the Balinese language on these islands cannot be separated from the history between the islands.