Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Lontara script (ᨒᨚᨈᨑ), [a] also known as the Bugis script, Bugis-Makassar script, or Urupu Sulapa’ Eppa’ "four-cornered letters", is one of Indonesia's traditional scripts developed in the South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi region. The script is primarily used to write the Buginese language, followed by Makassarese and Mandar.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
The word Buginese derives from the word Bahasa Bugis in Malay. In Buginese, it is called Basa Ugi while the Bugis people are called To Ugi. According to a Buginese myth, the term Ugi is derived from the name to the first king of Cina, an ancient Bugis kingdom, La Sattumpugi. To Ugi basically means 'the followers of La Sattumpugi'. [2]
English: An Arabic, Malay, and Sundanese dictionary. قاموس عربية ملايو سوندا. Kamus kecil قاموس كچيل. Published in 1890. The author was Sayyid Uthmān ibn ʻAbdallāh ibn ʻAqīl ibn Yaḥyā Al-ʻAlawī, سيد عثمان بن عبد الله بن عقيل بن يحيى العلوي d.1914 who self published his works on his own lithographic press in Batavia.
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 .
The Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI ; lit. ' Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language ' ) is the official dictionary of the Indonesian language compiled by Language Development and Fostering Agency and published by Balai Pustaka .
Bugis Wikipedia (Wikipedia basa Ugi) is the Bugis-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia The present-day Bugis people are mostly bilingual . In South Sulawesi, they use two leading languages , either Bugis or Indonesian , tailored based on the environment, social circle and activities.
Makassar city sign. Paruntuk Kana (Lontara script: ᨄᨑᨘᨈᨘᨀᨊ, parable) is a type of Makassarese poetry. It is similar to a proverb or aphorism and conveys advice, satire, or praise.