Balinese language ‘will never die’
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Ni Komang Erviani
The Jakarta Post
Denpasar |
Fri, March 30 2012
| 09:12 am
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Despite the decreasing use of the Balinese language in daily life, two university professors say they are convinced that it will not disappear.
The growing membership of the Balinese diaspora is believed to play an important role in the survival of the language, they say.
“The Balinese language will never die, unless all Balinese have met their demise,” I Gusti Made Sutjaja, a l...
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