Endangered Languages Project

an Austronesian language spoken in the province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), on the island of Lombok, eastern Indonesia.

CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Bali-Sasak
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sas
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “The Austronesian Languages” . Blust, Robert A. (2013) Australian National University

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,600,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Lombok Island, Indonesia

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
The recent earthquakes (2018) killed approximately 400 speakers
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Sasak does not use in office or school as well as media

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Speakers perceive their language as less prestigious, so they often switch to Indonesian to create their identity such as being educated or come from the city.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

almost none

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

almost none

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Indonesian

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Indonesian is the national language and has been strongly imposed in many of the domains

Scripts (Writing system)

Aksara Jejawan Sasak

More on Orthography

Sasak has ancient orthography that is similar to Javanese (historically related). Most of the scripts can be found in the local museum and this orthography could be considered as endangered because it is not used anymore. In 1990s, it was taught at school but now, it has been decades that it is excluded from the local curriculum.

					2013	The Austronesian Languages						Australian National University			Canberra						Blust, Robert A.							2,600,000		100000													At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Lombok Island, Indonesia		-8.583333, 116.116667
		September 2018				Knowledge as a native speaker and fieldworker										University of Hawaii at Manoa					Khairunnisa							The recent earthquakes (2018) killed approximately 400 speakers		100000					Formal situation, daily use	Indonesian		almost none	Speakers perceive their language as less prestigious, so they often switch to Indonesian to create their identity such as being educated or come from the city.	Indonesian is the national language and has been strongly imposed in many of the domains	almost none		Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11		Sasak does not use in office or school as well as media	11	11

Sasak

Language metadata

Language information by source

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,600,000

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

The recent earthquakes (2018) killed approximately 400 speakers

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