Makassarese language
| Makassar | |
|---|---|
| Bahasa Makassar | |
| ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ Basa Mangkasara' | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | southern tip of South Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Celebes) |
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Native speakers
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2.1 million (2000 census)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Lontara, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mak |
| ISO 639-3 | mak |
| Glottolog | maka1311[2] |
Makassarese (sometimes spelled Makasar, Makassar, or Macassar) is a language used by the Makassarese people in South Sulawesi island (Celebes) in Indonesia. It is a member of the Austronesian language family of the South Sulawesi group, and thus closely related to, among others, Buginese.
Although Makassarese is now often written in Latin script, it is still widely written in its own distinctive script, also called Lontara, which once was used also to write important documents in Bugis and Mandar, two related language from Sulawesi.
The Makassar symbols are written using mostly straight oblique lines and dots. In spite of its quite distinctive appearance, it is derived from the ancient Brahmi scripts of India. Like other descendants of that script, each consonant has an inherent vowel "a", which is not marked. Other vowels can be indicated by adding one of five diacritics above, below, or on either side of each consonant.
Some common words/phrases in the Makassar language, transcribed in the Latin script, are as follows ( ' = glottal stop):
| Lontara script | Latinized | Indonesian | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ᨅᨒ | balla' | rumah | house |
| ᨅᨚᨒᨚ | bulu | bulu | hair/fur |
| ᨅᨅ | bambang | panas | hot/warm |
| ᨌᨗᨄᨘᨑᨘ | cipuru' | lapar | hungry |
| ᨉᨚ ᨙᨕ | doe' | uang | money |
| ᨕᨗᨐᨚ | iyo' | iya | yes |
| ᨒᨚᨄᨚ | lompo | besar | big/large |
| ᨔᨒᨚ | sallo | lama / lambat | slow |
| ᨈ ᨙᨙᨅ | tabe' | permisi | excuse me |
| ᨙᨈᨊ | tena | tidak | no |
| ᨀᨑ ᨙᨕ | karaeng | raja | king |
| ᨕᨄ ᨀ ᨙᨑᨅ? | apa kare'ba? | apa kabar? | how are you? |
| ᨒ ᨙᨀᨀᨚ ᨆ ᨙᨕ? | lakeko mae? | kamu mau ke mana? | where are you going? |
| ᨅᨒ | ballang | belang | get tanned |
| ᨅᨚᨈᨚ | botto' | bau | smelly |
| ᨑᨈᨔ | rantasa' | jorok | disgusting |
| ᨅᨈᨒ | battala' | gemuk | fatty |
| ᨅᨗᨒ | bella' | jauh | far away |
| ᨙᨁ ᨙᨒ ᨙᨁ ᨙᨒ | gele-gele | geli | tickle |
| ᨀᨚᨀᨚ | kong-kong | anjing | dog |
| ᨍᨑ | jarang | kuda | horse |
| ᨙᨅ ᨙᨅ | bembe' | kambing | goat |
| ᨆᨚ ᨙᨈ ᨙᨑ | motere' | pulang ke rumah | return home |
| ᨂ ᨙᨑ | nganre' | makan | eat |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Makassar at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Makasar". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
External links[edit]
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Makassarese language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- Makassar pronunciation and alphabet at Omniglot
- Lontara and Makassar scripts
- Lontara Alphabet in Unicode
- http://unicode-table.com/en/sections/buginese/
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