Balinese language
E148164
The Balinese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali, known for its complex speech levels and use in traditional literature, ritual, and everyday communication.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balinese language canonical | 14 |
| Balinese | 2 |
| Basa Bali | 1 |
| Old Balinese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1223900 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balinese language Context triple: [Malayo-Polynesian languages, includesLanguage, Balinese language]
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A.
Balinese
Balinese are an indigenous ethnic group of the Indonesian island of Bali, renowned for their Hindu-influenced culture, elaborate rituals, and distinctive arts such as dance, music, and sculpture.
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B.
Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
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C.
Sundanese
The Sundanese are an indigenous ethnic group of western Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian culture.
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D.
Javanese
The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and influence on Indonesian politics and arts.
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E.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balinese language Target entity description: The Balinese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali, known for its complex speech levels and use in traditional literature, ritual, and everyday communication.
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A.
Balinese
Balinese are an indigenous ethnic group of the Indonesian island of Bali, renowned for their Hindu-influenced culture, elaborate rituals, and distinctive arts such as dance, music, and sculpture.
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B.
Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
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C.
Sundanese
The Sundanese are an indigenous ethnic group of western Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian culture.
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D.
Javanese
The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and influence on Indonesian politics and arts.
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E.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sasak language
ⓘ
Sumbawa language ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bali language
ⓘ
Balinese ⓘ |
| hasISO639-1Code | ban ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | ban ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | ban ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTradition |
kakawin poetry
ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasNativeName |
Balinese language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Basa Bali
|
| hasPhonologyFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasRegister |
formal register
ⓘ
honorific register ⓘ informal register ⓘ |
| hasScriptType | abugida ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | approximately 3.3 million ⓘ |
| hasSpeechLevels |
high speech level
ⓘ
low speech level ⓘ middle speech level ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language of Indonesia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ
surface form:
Old Javanese language
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| region |
Bali
ⓘ
Lombok ⓘ West Nusa Tenggara ⓘ |
| scriptUsedFor |
Balinese script for religious texts
ⓘ
Latin script for everyday writing ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bali
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Sunda-Sulawesi languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Sumbawan languages
|
| usedAlongside |
Balinese Malay creole
ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ religious ritual ⓘ traditional literature ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Hindu rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Balinese script
ⓘ
Javanese script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Balinese language Description of subject: The Balinese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali, known for its complex speech levels and use in traditional literature, ritual, and everyday communication.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basa Bali
this entity surface form:
Balinese
this entity surface form:
Balinese
this entity surface form:
Old Balinese