Mandar language
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| Mandar | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in |  Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
| Native speakers | 200,000 (1985) |
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| ISO 639-2 | mdr |
| ISO 639-3 | mdr |
Mandar (also Andian, Manjar, Mandharsche) is an Austronesian language spoken by the group ethnic Mandar living in West Sulawesi province, Indonesia, especially in the sea side regencies like - Majene and Polewali-Mandar as well as few settlements in the islands of Pangkep District also known as Spermonde Archipelago and Ujung Lero, small peninsula near Pare-Pare).[citation needed]
According to the Ethnologue, it is written in the Lontara (Buginese) script.
The ethic group Mandar is closely related to other three groups living in South Sulawesi: Bugis, Makassar and Toraja.
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