The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: BZC
ISO 639-2: ban
| Population | 3,800,000 (1993 Johnstone), 2.1% of the population (1987 UBS). |
| Region | Island of Bali, northern Nusapenida, western Lombok Islands, and east Java. 7,000 in south Sulawesi. |
| Alternate names | BALINESE |
| Dialects | LOWLAND BALI (KLUNGKUNG, KARANGASEM, BULELENG, GIANYAR, TABANAN, JEMBRANA, BADUNG), HIGHLAND BALI ('BALI AGA'), NUSA PENIDA. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Sundic, Bali-Sasak. |
| Comments | Reported to be two distinct dialects: High Balinese is used in religion, but those who can handle it are diminishing. There are speech strata in several lowland varieties (Clynes 1989, personal communication). The term 'Bali Aga' is considered derogatory by those who are called that. The variety spoken on Nusa Penida Island is associated with Bali Aga. It is a scattering of villages with minimal influence from the former Majapahit empire. Hindu. Bible 1990. |
