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Language code: sas

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sas

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The table below provides technical details for the Sasak language, designated by the sas code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

sas

Name

Sasak

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Kuto-KuteNgeno-NgeneMeno-MeneMeriaq-MerikuNgene-Ngagé
Related languages
BalineseSumbawa (Samawa)Bima (Nggahi Mbojo)Madurese
Key facts
Spoken by roughly 2–3 million people, mainly on Lombok IslandHas an indigenous Brahmic-derived script called Aksara Sasak (Jejeg) in addition to the modern Latin alphabetBelongs to the Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian family and shares high lexical similarity with BalineseFeatures prenasalized voiced stops and a phonemic schwa in its sound systemRich oral tradition includes sung narrative forms such as pepadeng and the gandrung dance accompaniment.
Sample phrase

Halo, apa kabar side?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Sasak language, identified by the code sas, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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