Sasak

The Sasak live mainly on the island of Lombok, numbering around 2.7 million (85% of Lombok's population). They are related to the Balinese in language and race.

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The Sasak language belongs to the Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa subgroup, in the Western Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

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Lombok: Lombok (1990 pop. 2,403,025) is an island of eastern Indonesia. It is part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is roughly circular, with a "tail" to the southwest, about 70 k...

Balinese: See:...