Here’s the latest on the Balinese language.
- Balinese Language Month (Bulan Bahasa Bali) in Gianyar aims to engage youth and promote Balinese language use, script, and literature through competitions and cultural activities. This awareness effort reflects ongoing government and community actions to preserve Balinese as a living language.[1]
- Broader revitalization efforts have included digital resources like Balinese dictionaries and wiki projects to document and share Balinese vocabulary and culture online, highlighting a trend toward leveraging technology to sustain the language.[3][9][10]
- While Balinese remains widely spoken in Bali, concerns persist about its use declining among younger generations due to Indonesian and English influence, fueling continued advocacy and programs to keep Balinese actively spoken at home, in schools, and in public life.[7][1]
If you’d like, I can pull recent local news from Bali or provide a quick summary of notable Balinese language initiatives and where to access digital resources.
Citations:
- Balinese Language Month 2026 in Gianyar: latest event report.[1]
- Digital dictionaries and wiki revitalization efforts: BASAbali and related sources.[9][10][3]
Sources
Non-governmental organization BASAbali
www.thejakartapost.comAt BASAbali, a collaboration of scholars and community members trying to revitalize Balinese, a local language of Indonesia, we’re trying to change the way we think about and address local languages. Our approach is to use two different technologies to document and engage the pubic
www.ictworks.orgWe are republishing this article on APC.org as part of a partnership with Rising Voices, an initiative of Global Voices that aims to help bring new voices from new communities and speaking endangered or indigenous languages to the global conversation. You can also read the original post on RV's website. A crowdsourced, community-based platform is pioneering the use of digital tools to help preserve, promote, and revitalise the Balinese language in Indonesia. Balinese is one of Indonesia’s 707...
www.apc.orgBalinese has long been pushed to the linguistic margins. What can revitalize it for the next generation? Collaboration, flexibility, and wiki technology! So says Alissa Stern, who founded the BASAbali…
planetwordmuseum.orgThe Bali Provincial Government is set to host the 7th Balinese Language Month on February 1-28, 2025, aiming to engage more young individuals. Head of the ...
en.antaranews.comTransparent Language and BASABali partnered together in 2013 to preserve and promote the Balinese language. Here's what we've been up to since then.
blogs.transparent.comThe Gianyar Regency government has launched Bulan Bahasa Bali 2026 (Bali Language Month), an annual cultural program aimed at encouraging younger generations ...
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