Draft:Nusa Penida Dialect

Nusa Penida dialect or in local dialect it is called Basa Nosa (Balinese:ᬩᬲᬦᬸᬲᬧᭂᬦᬶᬤ) is a Dialect of Balinese language used by the Nusa Penidan people in Nusa Penida Island of Klungkung Regency, The Nusa Penida dialect is considered the most unique and strange dialect in Bali because most mainland Balinese speakers don't understand this dialect because the dialect is very different from other dialects on mainland Bali Plus, many words from this dialect is not found in Balinese dictionary.

Nusa Penida dialect
Basa Nosa
ᬩᬲᬦᬸᬲᬧᭂᬦᬶᬤ
Native toIndonesia
RegionNusa Penida,Klungkung
EthnicityNusa Penidan
Native speakers
59,900 (2022[1])[2]
Balinese and Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tes
Glottolognusa1272

Linguistically, Nusa Penida dialect is considered a dialect of Balinese, a Malayo-Polynesian and Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages under the Austronesian language family, The Nusa Penida dialect is close to the Bali Aga dialect which is also a dialect of the Balinese.

References edit

  1. ^ "Kecamatan Nusa Penida Dalam Angka 2020" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Badan Pusat Statistik. 2020. p. 1379. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ Nusa Penida dialect at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)