Sasak language

Sasak language

Infobox Language
name=Sasak
region=Lombok, Indonesia
speakers=2,100,000 (1989)
iso2=sas
iso3=sas
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Sunda-Sulawesi
fam5=Bali-Sasak

The Sasak language is spoken by the Sasak ethnic group, which make up the majority of the population of Lombok, Indonesia. It is closely related to the languages of adjacent Bali and Sumbawa.

The language is divided into five dialects, which are not always mutually intelligible:
*Kuto-Kute (North Sasak)
*Ngeto-Ngete (Northeast Sasak)
*Meno-Mene (Central Sasak)
*Ngeno-Ngene (Central East Sasak, Central West Sasak)
*Mriak-Mriku (Central South Sasak)

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sas Ethnologue]


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