Balinese
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Balinese is a language spoken by people on the island of Bali and belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian language family. It matters as the primary means of communication for the Balinese people and represents an important part of their cultural and linguistic heritage.
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Balinese language speaker (in Kapara Balinese, low register)
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.