Sasak

SAS

developing

Alternate Names: Lombok

Dialects: Kuto-Kute (North Sasak), Meno-Mene (Central Sasak), Mriak-Mriku (Central South Sasak), Ngeno-Ngene (Central East Sasak, Central West Sasak), Ngeto-Ngete (Northeast Sasak). Complex dialect network. Some varieties have low mutual intelligibility.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
Sasak-Sumbawa

Demographics: 2,100,000 (1989).

Language Development: Dictionary. NT.

Writing System: Balinese (Extended), Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Subgroups: Waktu Lima, Waktu Telu. Most Waktu Telu own farms; most Waktu Lima are landless, travel more, and have diverse occupations. Muslim, traditional religion.