Makassar
Sign in to saveAlso known as Makasar, Makassarese language, Makassarese, Makassar language, Makasar language, Standard Makassar
Makassaric language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [ ɓasa mãŋˈkʰasaraʔ ]
- Native to
- Indonesia
- Region
- South Sulawesi ( Sulawesi )
- Ethnicity
- Makassarese
- Native speakers
- (2.1 million cited 2000 census)
- Language family
- Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian South Sulawesi Makassaric Makasarese
- Dialects
- Gowa Turatea Maros-Pangkep
- Writing system
- Latin script ( Makassarese Latin alphabet ) (present) Lontara script (present) Serang script (Makassar Annals, religious purpose) Makasar script (historical)
- Regulated by
- Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
- Iso 639 2
- mak
- Iso 639 3
- mak
- Glottolog
- maka1311
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gedeelte van het dagboek van de Vorsten van Gowa in oud Makassaarschrift TMnr 668-216.jpg
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- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 1600000
- P10369
- Argentina
- Commons category
- Makassar language
- native label
- ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ
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Makassarese (/məˌkæsəˈriːz/ mə-KASS-ər-EEZ; Basa Mangkasaraʼ, Lontara script: ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Makasar script: 𑻤𑻰𑻥𑻠𑻰𑻭, Serang script: بَاسَ مَڠْكَاسَرَءْ, pronounced [ɓasa mãŋˈkʰasaraʔ]), sometimes called Makasar, Makassar, Macassar, or Macassan (Australian English) is a language of the Makassarese people, spoken in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It is a member of the South Sulawesi group of the Austronesian language family, and thus closely related to, among others, Buginese, also known as Bugis. The areas where Makassarese is spoken include the Gowa, Sinjai, Maros, Takalar, Jeneponto, Bantaeng, Pangkajene and Islands, Bulukumba, and Selayar Islands Regencies, and Makassar. Within the Austronesian language family, Makassarese is part of the South Sulawesi language group, although its vocabulary is considered divergent compared to its closest relatives. In 2000, Makassarese had approximately 2.1 million native speakers.
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