In Reply to: which language ? posted by baliman on Tuesday, 28. June 2005 at 02:50 Bali Time:
I agree with Baliman that most balinese speak basa bali amongst themselves and that they appreciate a foreigner attempting their language.
Having said that my son is studying Indo for yr 12 (now into his 5th yr of study). Our third trip to bali is in two sleeps (yay!) as he goes there to practise. Other son and I also learn at adult classes - teacher gives us Javanese words as well as indo tho - not much help in bali except with some javanese shop keepers.
We end up speaking a mixture of basa bali and bahasa indonesia. The locals love either but some basa bali knocks them out. So remember basa bali or bahasa indonesia - SING KEN KEN (balinese for no worries!)