Balinese phrasebook Attractions & Activities - The Best Holiday Destinations for 2020
Balinese is the local language spoken in Bali, Indonesia and rarely in parts of Lombok and East Java.
It is a very tough language for non-Balinese to master, and bears no resemblance to Bahasa Indonesia.
The language has three main registers depending on the status of those speaking:
- low (basa ketah)
- middle (basa madia)
- high (basa singgih)
This phrasebook will cover the low register only as that is the language spoken by the vast majority of Balinese, and the only one likely to be encountered by visitors.
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