EKSISTENSI DAN PEMERTAHANAN BAHASA BALI SEBAGAI BUDAYA LOKAL

Sari

Balinese language can not only be reviewed in terms of linguistic aspects alone. There
are three aspects in the Balinese language that form the core of its formation, namely aspects of
language, script, and literature that form the identity of Balinese culture itself. These three
aspects are the result of cultural mixing and reconstructed by Balinese ancestors into a cultural
product that is closely related to the traditions of people's lives in Bali. In this paper, two problem
statements will be discussed as follows: (1) how is the existence of the Balinese language in the
context of the preservation of Balinese culture? and (2) what forms of retention of local Balinese
culture through Balinese language?
In this brief study, it can be said that the existence of the Balinese language in relation to the
form of local culture of the Balinese people is as the defense of their identity as Balinese with the
characteristics of their activities and creativity which certainly cannot be separated from the
use of Balinese as a marker and cultural root, which is inseparable from the prevailing form of
language value, which is to upload Balinese bases which are still inherent in the language rules
of Balinese speakers. While the form of preserving the local culture of Balinese society through
the Balinese language can be found in various aspects, namely on the religious aspects of
Hinduism that are inseparable from the use of the Balinese language both in the form of language,
scripts, and Balinese literature. Viewed from the aspect of the art of language wisdom, Balinese
people will always survive because all aspects of Balinese art can not be separated from the
Balinese language itself both in the fields of painting, music, architectural arts, sound arts
(dance), dance, and drama/performance.