Sasak people
Dengan Sasaq ᬲᬸᬓᬸᬲᬲᬓ᭄ | |
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A Sasak woman making traditional cloth | |
| Total population | |
| 3,173,127 (2010 Indonesian census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia | 3,173,127 |
| West Nusa Tenggara | 3,033,631 |
| Bali | 22,672 |
| East Kalimantan | 22,194 |
| Central Sulawesi | 20,436 |
| South Kalimantan | 11,878 |
| South Sulawesi | 11,335 |
| Languages | |
| Native: Sasak Dialects: North Sasak (Kutó-Kuté, Bayan-Sasak) · Northeast (Sasak Nggetó-Nggeté) · Central Sasak (Menó-Mené) · Central East Sasak-Central West Sasak (Ngenó-Ngené) · Central South Sasak (Meriaq-Meriku) Also: Indonesian, Arabic (religious only) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Sunni Islam (Orthodox Waktu Lima) Minorities traditional Islam practice of Wetu Telu | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Austronesian peoples Bayanese · Balinese · Bali Aga · Sumbawa · Dompuan · Bimanese · Javanese | |
The Sasak people (Sasak: Dengan Sasaq, Sasak script: ᬲᬸᬓᬸᬲᬲᬓ᭄; Indonesian: Orang Sasak) or Sasaknese, mainly live on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, numbering around 3.6 million (85% of Lombok's population). They are related to the Balinese in language and in ancestry, as well as to other ethnic groups on the neighboring island of Sumbawa. The Bayan people are a distinct part of the Sasak people, and are the oldest group on Lombok.
Sasak people are predominanty Muslim; those who practice pre-Islamic beliefs are also known as Sasak Boda in reference to the name of the Sasak people's original religion, Bodha (Boda).