Bahasa Bali dan Pemertahanan Kearifan Lokal

Abstract: As one of the speech language and Bali culture recorder, Balinese language is an important to preserve. Preservation of Balinese is also expected to maintain Bali’s ‘taksu’. Given, in Bali there are levels of language (Anggah-ungguhing basa) which causes the occurrence of social classification in society. Mastery sameone speak greetings in Balinese language stratified, so friendly to elegant speech. The question then becomes worse when Balinese speaking about understanding the language of Bali which had-Anggah-ungguh, the order for any of the circumstances that polite and harmonious in Balinese language is expected Balinese speakers to use the egalitarian language (saling singgihang), rather than choosing a flavor language vocabulary is higher and lower. Keywords: Balinese Language, local genius, and egalitarian attitudes.