Linguistic map of Lombok, based on 1981 data. Areas with Sasak speakers are shown in green, and Balinese speakers in red.
The Sasak language (base Sasak Balinese script: ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄) is spoken by the Sasak ethnic group, which make up the majority of the population of Lombok, an island in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is closely related to the Balinese and Sumbawa languages spoken on adjacent islands, and is part of the Austronesian language family. Sasak has no official status; the national language, Indonesian, is the official and literary language in areas where Sasak is spoken.
Some of its dialects, which correspond to regions of Lombok, have a low mutual intelligibility. Sasak has a system of speech levels in which different words are used depending on the social level of the addressee relative to the speaker, similar to neighbouring Javanese and Balinese.
Not widely read or written today, Sasak is used in traditional texts written on dried lontar leaves and read on ceremonial occasions. Traditionally, Sasak's writing system is nearly identical to Balinese script.
^Austin 2012, p. 231.
^Austin 2010, p. 36.
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The Sasaklanguage (base Sasak Balinese script: ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄) is spoken by the Sasak ethnic group, which make up the majority of the population of Lombok...
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Balinese language, Old Javanese, and the liturgical language Sanskrit. With some modifications, the script is also used to write the Sasaklanguage, used...
of Java. Sasaklanguage, spoken in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Barito languages: Ma'anyan language, closely related to the Malagasy language spoken in...
Sasak and Sundanese, than it is to Javanese, the language used on the island of Java just across Madura Island. Links between Bali–Sasaklanguages and...
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normally speak the Sasaklanguage as it is the native language of the indigenous people of Lombok. The Indonesian language is the language most widely used...
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