Balinese phrasebook
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Balinese (Basa Bali) 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 while related to Indonesian, is not mutually intelligible with it. You are unlikely to need to learn Balinese, as virtually every Balinese speaker is also able to speak Indonesian and many can even manage some English. That being said, attempting to communicate in Balinese would almost certainly please the local residents. 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.
Contents
Pronunciation guide
Vowels
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Low | (IPA: a) |
The official spelling denotes both {{IPA|/a/ and {{IPA|/ə/ by a. However, a is pronounced {{IPA|[ə] when it ends a word and {{IPA|[ə] occurs also in prefixes ma-, pa- and da-. ConsonantsCommon diphthongsPhrase listSome phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase. Basics
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