In Reply to: general things posted by wanita_cantik on Tuesday, 7. October 2008 at 15:21 Bali Time:
Balinese and because balinese has different levels of language - really different languages - you are better to stick to Indonesian and so avoid giving offence by using the low language to a higher person or vice versa. Thank you - matur suksema - is a good thing to say, but terima kasih does just as well everywhere. Only with older people in pretty isolated villages will you find Indonesian is not widely known even though Balinese is the daily language for all Balinese among themselves.