# Balinese phrasebook

Balinese or simply Bali (known natively as Basa Bali) is a language spoken predominantly by the Balinese people, native to the Indonesian island of Bali and its adjacent islands.
It is a very tough language for non-Balinese to master, and while related to Javanese, is not mutually intelligible with it. You are unlikely to need to learn Balinese, as virtually every Balinese speaker is also able to speak Indonesian, and many can even manage some English. That being said, attempting to communicate in Balinese would almost certainly please the locals.
The language has three main registers depending on the status of those speaking:
* low (basa ketah)
* middle (basa madia)
* high (basa singgih)
This phrasebook will cover the low register only as that is the language spoken by the vast majority of Balinese, and the only one likely to be encountered by visitors.

## Pronunciation guide
### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back |
| High | (IPA: i) | | (IPA: u) |
| Mid | (IPA: e) | (IPA: ə) | (IPA: o) |
| Low | | (IPA: a) | |
The official spelling denotes both (IPA: /a/) and (IPA: /ə/) by a. However, a is usually pronounced (IPA: [ə]) when it ends a word, and (IPA: [ə]) occurs also in prefixes ma-, pa- and da-.

### Consonants

| | Labial | Labial | Dental | Dental | Palatal | Palatal | Velar | Velar | Glottal |
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | ɡ | |
| Nasal | m | m | n | n | ɲ | ɲ | ŋ | ŋ | |
| Fricative | | | s | s | | | | | h |
| Trill | | | r | r | | | | | |
| Lateral | | | l | l | | | | | |
| Approximant | w | w | | | j | j | | | |

### Common diphthongs
## Phrase list

Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase.

### Basics
#### How are you?

    (Engken kabare?) (Sapunapi gatra?) (ken ken kabare?)

#### Fine, thank you.

    . (Iyang becik-becik kewanten.)

#### What is your name?

    (Sira pesengen ragane?)

#### My name is ______

    (Tiang_____ .)

#### Thank you.

    . (Matur suksma.)

#### You're welcome.

    . (suksma mewali )

#### Yes.

    . (Inggih. Patut.)

#### No.

    . (Tan. Nente)

#### I can't speak Balinese [well].

    [ ]. ( Titiang nenten [ ])

#### Do you speak English?

    (Bapa bisa basa Angrit??)

#### Help!

    ! (Tulung !)

#### Good morning.

    . (Rahajeng semeng.)

#### Good afternoon.

    . (Rahajeng sanja.)

#### Good evening.

    . (Rahajeng peteng.)

#### Good night.

    . (Rahajeng Wengi.)

#### I don't understand.

    . ( Titiang nenten nawang)

#### Where is the toilet?

    ? ( Ring dija toiletne?)

#### Where is... ...

    (Ring dija?)

#### What is that?

    (Napi punika?)

#### Are you already married?

    (Bapa suba makurenan?)

#### I just came from Ubud

    (Tiang mara teka uli Ubud.)

### Time
#### Clock time
#### Days

Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

#### Writing time and date
### Colors
### Eating
#### Restaurant ( )
#### Have you eaten (polite)

    Sampun ngajeng?

#### Which dishes are they?

    Ajengan napi sane wenten?

#### Do you have native Balinese dishes?

    Ada ajengan Bali ane tulen?

#### Do you have pineapple?

    Wenten manas?

#### Delicious

    Jaen

### Bars

Digek - pretty