what language do they write in bali?

Question

hi.
ive looked up the name of a balinese goddess called lulong. would i write that in the box and translate it from english to WHAT?? is it arabic?

i know bali has a language that differs abit from brunei and malasia but how would they write it.

Answer 1

They speak Bahasa, which is their own language. Sometimes it is called Indonesian.

Answer 2

where in the hell did you get the idea that it's arabic? haha... balinese aren't muslims, ya know? i'm indonesian. i should know.

besides using their local balinese language, they (most of them) can also speak bahasa indonesia. that's the official language for indonesia. but i believe when it comes to local texts like about "lulong" or religous ceremonies, they should be writing in balinese. the words they write are more or less sanskrit-looking but modified to their taste. balinese are hindus. so, they've adopted some indian sanskrit terms and made it balinese.

here's a proper definition of...
Ba·li·nese [blə nz, blə nss] (noun)

1. somebody from Bali: somebody who was born or raised on the Indonesian island of Bali.

2. Austronesian language: a language spoken on Bali that is a member of the Austronesian language family. Balinese is spoken by between two and three million people.

[Early 19th century. From Dutch Balinees , from Bali (see Bali ).]

Answer 3

Balinese speaks Bahasa Indonesia and Balinese, thanks to the one-language campaign to promote unity amongst the thousands of ethnicity in Indonesia.

Balinese language uses 'Carakan' alphabet (see the source link), and it looks quite exotic, at least from Westerner point of view. Some of the guy here said Bali as a drink, well, I bet she meant 'barley' drink in English or 'barli' in Malay, so don't go around laughing at the word Bali as a drink :-).

Note that Balinese language has 'classes', meaning that those from the upper caste uses the language differently. The classes generally are Basa Lumrah (common, amongs peers), Basa Sor (for address people of lower caste), Basa Madiya (intermediate to express general courtesy), Basa Alus (fine - cultured people) and Basa Singgih (differential language - for address people of higher caste)

Answer 4

Balinese speaks Bahasa Indonesia or Indonesian language and their native language "Balinese language". But, since most of Balinese are Hindu, which is a religion brought from India, their language is also invluenced by the Hindi language.

Answer 5

Goddess name is Barong The language is bahasa Indonesia

Answer 6

They use English and Indonesia...
I'm from Indonesia, but I live in Jakarta. Sometimes i goes to bali

Answer 7

Hahaha!!I'm Malasian...Bali is a malay words, bali is a type of glass in Malaysia.Mmm...Bali, I like to drink bali water. Malasian use bali for making water to drink, bali water taste is a little bit sweet and the water is white in colour.

Answer 8

That is not Bahasa Melayu!
Maybe they use sanksrit! hehehe why ask at Malaysia?
You can ask at other Asia Pacific

Answer 9

with all the aussie tourists there i would say slopy english