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Also known as Makasar, Makassarese language, Makassarese, Makassar language, Makasar language, Standard Makassar

Makassaric language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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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

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Wikidata facts

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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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