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The Sasak script is an abugida traditionally used to write the Sasak language in the island of Lombok. It descends from the Kawi script and is heavily influenced by the Balinese and Javanese scripts .
Sasak is spoken by the Sasak people on the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, which is located between the island of Bali (on the west) and Sumbawa (on the east). Its speakers numbered about 2.7 million in 2010, roughly 85 percent of Lombok's population. [1] Sasak is used in families and villages, but has no formal status.
The Sasak language, spoken in Lombok Island east of Bali, is related to Balinese, is written in a version of the Balinese script known as Aksara Sasak, which is influenced by the Javanese script [18] and is given additional characters for loanwords of foreign origin.
^1 In Balinese script, Sanskrit and Kawi loanwords tend use conservative orthography as standard form in Balinese script. The word for language, basa , in Balinese is a loanword from Old Javanese bhāṣa which came from the Sanskrit word भाषा bhāṣā , hence it is written according to Sanskrit and Old Javanese spelling ...
The Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Indonesia in the western Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali and West Nusa Tenggara). The three languages are Balinese on Bali, Sasak on Lombok, and Sumbawa on western Sumbawa. [1] The Malayo Sumbawa languages (Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages are circled in green) Balinese
Balinese script is taught in some schools in Bali and Lombok. Variants of Balinese script are: Balinese script; Sasak script; Javanese – A Brahmic-based script, used mainly to write Javanese and sometimes for Madurese, Sundanese, Cirebonese, and Osing. Javanese script is taught in some schools in Yogyakarta, East, and Central Java.
The Sasak (Balinese script: ᬲᬸᬓᬸ ᬲᬲᬓ᭄, Wång Sâsak) people live mainly on the island of Lombok, Indonesia, numbering around 3.6 million (85% of Lombok's population). They are related to the Balinese in language and in ancestry, although the Sasak are predominantly Muslim while the Balinese are predominantly Hindu.
Brahmi script. Kawi script. Balinese alphabet – used to write Balinese, Kawi, Malay, Sasak, and Sanskrit. Batak alphabet – used to write several Batak languages. Baybayin – used to write Tagalog and several Philippine languages. Bima alphabet – once used to write the Bima language. Buhid alphabet – used to write Buhid language.