Eksistensi Dan Pemertahanan Bahasa Bali Sebagai Budaya Lokal

Abstract

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.