Which language should I learn for a trip to Bali?
I plan to travel to Bali and want to learn some basic words in native language, like "Hello", "Thank you", ....
But I'm not sure which language is native to Bali. It looks like there are Indonesian (Malay) and multiple forms of Balinese language.
Which one should I choose?
Best Answer
Since Bali's main income is from tourism, you can survive by just using English, and the local people are able to speak English or at least "broken English" (This is not applicable to any other island in Indonesia).
If you want to use local language, you better choose to learn a bit of Indonesian words. Some basic words (other than what MeNoTalk has mentioned) can be found below :
- YES : Ya
- No : Bukan / Tidak (formal) Enggak (informal)
- Police : Polisi
- Eat : Makan
- Food : Makanan ( Makan with postfix -an )
- Drink : Minum
- Sleep : Tidur
- Cheap : murah
- Help : Tolong
- Medicine : Obat
- Country : Negara
- Name : Nama
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Can you speak English in Bali?
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