In Reply to: need help with the language posted by skip_patty on Saturday, 7. April 2007 at 07:51 Bali Time:
Most language courses and phrase books will teach you the Indonesian language, not the Balinese language. Balinese speak Bahasa Bali and learn Bahasa Indoensia at school - it is the national language.
Indonesia has hundreds of languages (not one language with lots of dialects, Balinese is completely different from say Javanese).
A few words of Indonesian is great, but also great is to learn a bit of Balinese - just ask they will tell you how to say hello, thank you etc.