Balinese language

Balinese
Balinese
Basa Bali, Bhāṣa Bali1; ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ, ᬪᬵᬱᬩᬮᬶ1
	Basa Bali written in Balinese script
Pronunciation	[ˈbasə ˈbali]; [ˈbaso ˈbali] (southern, central, western, and Bangli dialects)[ˈbasa ˈbali] (Bali Aga dialect)
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Bali, Nusa Penida, Western Lombok, Eastern Java, Southern Sumatra, Sulawesi
Ethnicity	Balinese; Bali Aga; Nak Nusé; Loloan Malays; Balinese Chinese;
Native speakers	(3.3 million cited 2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Sumbawan (?) Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa Balinese; ; ; ;
Early form	Old Balinese Middle Balinese;
Standard forms	Standard Balinese; Kapara Balinese (in the register level);
Dialects	Highland Balinese; Lowland Balinese; Nusa Penida Balinese;
Writing system	Latin script (Balinese Latin alphabet); Balinese script
Official status
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Lembaga Bahasa, Aksara dan Sastra Bali
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

Balinese (/ˈbɑːlɪniːz/ BAH-lih-neez; Basa Bali, Balinese script: ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ, IPA: [ˈbasə ˈbali]) 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, and also spread to Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi due to the transmigration program. Most Balinese speakers also use Indonesian. 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.

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, while most of Balinese speakers use the low register known as Kapara Balinese as their everyday language. Most speakers of Balinese also speak Indonesian for official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Balinese-speaking Indonesians.

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.