Balinese

Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of Bali
Intangible natural_language Q33070
Balinese
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Balinese is associated with Indonesia.[1]

Balinese

Summary

Balinese is a natural language[1]. Balinese draws 695 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #140 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balinese is located in Bali[3].
  • Balinese is in the country of Indonesia[4].
  • Balinese's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Balinese's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Balinese followed Old Balinese[7].
  • Balinese is a type of Malayo-Sumbawan[8].
  • Balinese's writing system is recorded as Balinese[9].
  • Balinese's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Balinese's Commons category is recorded as Balinese language[11].
  • Balinese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ban[12].
  • Balinese's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -8.35, 'lon': 115.08333333333333}[13].
  • Balinese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balinese language[14].
  • Balinese's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1[15].
  • Balinese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4000000'}[16].
  • Balinese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3300000'}[17].
  • Balinese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ban', 'text': 'Basa Bali'}[18].
  • Balinese's different from is recorded as Bali language[19].
  • Balinese's indigenous to is recorded as Indonesia[20].
  • Balinese's indigenous to is recorded as Bali Island[21].
  • Balinese's indigenous to is recorded as Bali[22].
  • Balinese's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BAN[23].
  • Balinese's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[24].
  • Balinese's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[25].
  • Balinese's category for music in this language is recorded as Category:Balinese-language music[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Balinese is a type of Malayo-Sumbawan[8].

Why It Matters

Balinese draws 695 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #140 of 734).[2] Balinese has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Balinese is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Native label {'lang': 'ban', 'text': 'Basa Bali'}
    Country Indonesia
    Follows Old Balinese
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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