ISO 639-3 · sassas
Austronesian family
Sasak
ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄
Sasak is a language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa language spoken by the Sasak ethnic group, native to Lombok Island”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sas- Glottocode
sasa1249- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- -8.58, 116.12
- Wikipedia
- 41 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sasak · ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lombok language, Sasak language |
| All speakers | 2,000,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Sasak
The branches above Sasak, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · DevelopingsunSundaneseAustronesian · 32.4 m5 · Developing