Austronesian family
Balinese
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Balinese (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Austronesian language. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → Balinese.
See Balinese on the interactive map- Speakers
- 3.3M (3,300,000)
- ISO 639-3
- ban
- Glottocode
- bali1278
Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa subgroup; spoken on Bali and Lombok. Retains strong Old Javanese literary influence.
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Balinesec. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 9
Also descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.