The Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Indonesia in the western Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali and West Nusa Tenggara). The three languages are Balinese on Bali, Sasak on Lombok, and Sumbawa on western Sumbawa.[1]
| Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Bali and West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Proto-language | Proto-Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | bali1277 |
 Distribution of Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages: Balinese (blue), Sasak (red), and Sumbawa (orange). | |
(Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages are circled in green)
These languages have similarities with Javanese, which several classifications have taken as evidence of a relationship between them. However, the similarities are with the "high" registers (formal language/royal speech) of Balinese and Sasak; when the "low" registers (commoner speech) are considered, the connection appears instead to be with Madurese and Malay. (See Malayo-Sumbawan languages.)
The position of the Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages within the Malayo-Polynesian languages is unclear. Adelaar (2005) assigned them to a larger "Malayo-Sumbawan" subgroup, [2] but this proposal remains controversial.[3][4]
Languages
edit| Language | Native name | Historical script | Modern script | Number of speakers (in millions) | Native region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balinese | Basa Bali ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ |
Balinese script | Latin script | 3.3 (2000) | Bali, Lombok, Java |
| Sasak | Base Sasak ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄ |
Balinese script | Latin script | 2.7 (2010) | Lombok |
| Sumbawa | ᨈᨘ ᨔᨆᨓ Basa Samawa |
Lontara script | Latin script | 0.3 (1989) | Sumbawa |
References
edit- ^ Adelaar, K. Alexander (2005). "The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: a historical perspective". In Adelaar, K. Alexander; Himmelmann, Nikolaus (eds.). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge. pp. 1–42.
- ^ Adelaar, Alexander (2005). "Malayo-Sumbawan". Oceanic Linguistics. 44 (2): 357–388. JSTOR 3623345.
- ^ Blust, Robert (2010). "The Greater North Borneo Hypothesis". Oceanic Linguistics. 49 (1): 44–118. doi:10.1353/ol.0.0060. JSTOR 40783586.
- ^ Smith, Alexander D. (December 2017). "The Western Malayo-Polynesian Problem". Oceanic Linguistics. 56 (2). University of Hawai'i Press: 435–490. doi:10.1353/ol.2017.0021.