language represents culture. In the culture-rich Indonesia, this is particularly true; wherein an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands with some 300 different indigenous ethnic groups and 706 living languages.
languages declined with the formation of the nation and the Indonesian language but 65 years ago, some of the minority of the country. The Balinese language is one of them, and one of the linguistic treasures of Indonesia, which has the development will be continued and maintained, along with other regional languages (and Indonesian, of course).
"Our goal is to celebrate, as Indonesia's minority languages can coexist and thrive together with the local language," says Alissa Stern, founding director of BASAbali, a US non-profit organization responsible for the promotion and preservation dedicated Balinese language.
[1945006vonExperteneineschwierigeSprachezumeisterngiltals] is Balinese strongly impeded by his caste influences. There are high Balinese, low- and middle-Balinese, and a number of variations of the three languages.The Bali Cultural Agency estimates that the number of people still Balinese with no more than 1 does not exceed a million on an island with a population of more than 4 million people
Balinese is spoken mainly in social and cultural interactions. Indonesian but increasingly the language of commerce, schools and public places
"We must seriously take the set which languages are part of a person -. And a society - identity, and we need to appreciate languages as we to do other valuable resources, "said Stern. A graduate of Harvard Law School, a BA in Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies at Cornell University, who is now pursuing a diploma in voice anthropology at George Washington University, the spark of initiative that led the possibilities, the study of the Balinese to consider language from a distance for a conversation with a Balinese priest joined in 09. "you can never really understand how someone else makes sense of the world, if you speak their language," she says.
Stern then to discover, set out their options. with some of the top Southeast Asian language programs in the United States, and Balinese experts in Bali and around the world to engage them, that apart from a few books, dictionaries and studies, there were almost no resources available to find. BASAbali brought linguists, videographers, anthropologists, language software specialists, language teachers and others who might share their knowledge and experience with language learning programs to provide a unique blend of tradition and modernity. Their goal. To create a contemporary approach to learning, blending technology, image and sound
"We believe that the planet thrives when diversity and BASAbali wants to strengthen Balinese, while a solid base instead of waiting for speakers until the language "is at risk, says Stern. It is located in Washington DC, BASAbali is a virtual community of volunteers and experts, linguists, anthropologists, students and lay, of keeping inside and outside of Bali, Balinese who work seriously and permanently.
methods Self teaching with BASAbali Software | With money raised donated generously Image of BASAbali
through crowdfunding and software from Transparent Language, BASAbali engaged the help of Visual Bali, a local videographer and linguists from Udayana University, the 24 produced Dialog videos and accompanying language exercises. Patricia Chan, a Javanese digital media specialist with a series of modules helped teach the endangered Balinese script. The program is free of charge delivered to charities, while the software was installed in the regular curriculum of the middle school in Denpasar. The program offers instruction in Indonesian for Indonesian native speaker or in English, and is available online as a DVD, and mobile devices.
"During 2014/2015 we engaged in some very exciting projects", the director of BASABali in Bali, Ayu Mandala a driving force says, behind the organizations operations in Bali. "Working in Bali we needed translated more than 7,500 sets, to provide the Google homepage in Balinese dictionary as part of Google's effort a web presence for minority languages with students and professors from Dwijendra and Udayana University."
"We, along with Balinese communities in eight other countries in a unique event in November, to commemorate the Balinese Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art and education with Banjar Bali US partnership -. Saraswati Coinciding took place with Saraswati day, a celebration of the richness of languages with the performance of the seal in Balinese, Indonesian and a number of other world languages simulcast in the participating countries. "
Working with Balinese communities in different countries and the competent Indonesian embassies participants
students with BASAbali resources | Image of BASAbali
, which. In the reading of the Balinese poetry in different languages The winners were drawn from a monthly online poetry contest that encourages people to write in Balinese and a free online "living" Balinese-English Indonesian wiki dictionary, underlines the international significance of the Balinese.
"A contributing Live Poetry Slam year in honor of Saraswati day is an ongoing event, along with a monthly online poetry contest," says Mandala. "Our main program in 2016 continue the development of our Balinese-English Indonesian wiki dictionary, which can take the public and contributing to that is innovative both as a resource and as a tool. As a resource it functions as a modern, up-to -date Balinese reference Dictionary taken with example sentences from real live sources and with videos of native speakers. "
" tool-wise, by the Banjar project we are in banjars 'Wiki ambassadors "to develop, to encourage people, especially parents with young children to take videos and upload them so that they can help a part of the process to be their language. "
Today governments are often concerned about cultural to promote homogenization and a unifying national language. the international community often focuses on commercially viable languages or such. with significant political influence. But BASAbali perceives our world as a world of living languages are visiting their website an insight into the scope of their commitment to the Balinese language about networking and teamwork.
"We thrive on challenges," says Mandala. "Creating suitable programs that can reach all levels of education and cross sections of the community, requires enormous deliberations. Our mission is to encourage, native or otherwise to talk in more places in Bali, more of the time. People"
"This is an immense local and international efforts in cooperation with many experts to successfully create our events and programs. universal interactive media present is an incredible achievement and is enormously satisfying"
For more information about BASAbali, please go to :. www.basabali.org
The free multimedia Balinese-English dictionary Indonesian, wiki is http://dictionary.basabali.org
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