Balinese Code-Switching in Social Media Content Video of Cenk-Blonk Shadow Puppet

The phenomenon of code-switching, where speakers alternate between different languages within a conversation, has become increasingly prevalent among Balinese speakers. This article explores the occurrence of code-switching in everyday conversations and informal social media content, with a specific focus on the popular Balinese YouTube channel, Cenk-Blonk. The language use in shadow performance usually reflects the use of language in society today. The research examines 60 YouTube videos from Cenk-Blonk shadow performance to identify and analyze the types and variation of code-switching employed. The study finds that intrasentential switching is the most dominant used with some pattern variation, while intersentential switching frequently appears in philosophical discourse. Indonesian, English, Old Javanese and Balinese’s high register language with some variations of form are a lot occurred to switch Balinese’s low register which usually used in informal context of the scenes.